Insurance Expert Witnesses
The SEAK Expert Witness Directory contains a comprehensive list of insurance expert witnesses who testify, consult and provide litigation support on insurance and related issues. Insurance expert witnesses and consultants on this page may form expert opinions, draft expert witness reports, and provide expert witness testimony at deposition and trial. The issues and subjects these insurance expert witnesses testify regarding may include: Insurance, Bad Faith, Life Insurance, Risk Management, Construction, Annuities, Claims, Insurance Bad Faith, Insurance Coverage, Bad Faith Insurance, Commercial, Disability Insurance , Fraud, Underwriting, and Construction Defects.
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Britta M Moss, CPCU, SCLA, AIC-M
P&C Claim Handling Standards-Bad Faith Litigation
Britta M. Moss
Insurance, Legal
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Property & Casualty Claims, Casualty Insurance, P&C Claims, Insurance Claims, Insurance Bad Faith, First, Third, Industry Standards, Common Practices, Insurance Coverage, Investigation, Insurer Defense, Personal Injury, commercial, personal, auto, homeowner, bodily injury, property damage, uninsured
Independent professional in Property & Casualty insurance industry standards and common practices for claim handling. Located in Ohio, but available nationwide. Qualified to testify at trial in both state and federal court.
Consultation services provided to law firms representing plaintiffs and insurer defendants involved in disputes or litigation regarding coverage analysis, investigation, liability determination, damage evaluation, negotiation, and settlement. Experienced expert witness in industry claim handling standards and common practices.
Thirty (30) years-experience as a property and casualty insurance industry professional with a wide variety of personal and commercial lines claims. Roles include front-line Claim Representative, Litigation Examiner, Supervisor, Trainer, Manager, and Consultant for claims involving auto damage, personal & commercial property damage (PD), bodily injury (BI), personal injury, property damage liability, premises liability, commercial ...
Robert M Anderson, CPCU
The Anderson Edge
Insurance, Risk Management
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Insurance Broker Standard of Care, Insurance Federal Cases, Rule 26, Insurance Pollution, Umbrella Insurance, Excess Insurance, Insurer Bad Faith, Insurance Coverage, Construction Defect Insurance, Insurance Manuscript Policies, Insurance Custom and Practice, Property Casualty Insurance
Trusted by 32 of the Top 100 Insurance Law Firms
Bob began his career as a casualty underwriter for Pacific Indemnity Company (Chubb) and later for Industrial Indemnity Company. Bob also served as president, chief executive officer, and chairman of the board of well-known Anderson & Anderson Insurance Brokers. Over nearly 30 years, he built Anderson & Anderson from a four-person company to the fifth-largest brokerage firm in California until the time of its sale to AON Corporation. At Aon, Bob was the president of the Aon Advantage Group which advised 20 industry practice leaders such as the Hospitality Group which insured Hotels, Resorts, and Casinos.
Bob attended the Harvard Business School’s OPM program which is similar to its MBA program. He earned his CPCU (Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter) designation in 1970 from the American Institute for Property and Liability Underwriters, Inc.
Areas of expertise include, but are not limited to;
• ADR (Arbitration/Mediation) Cove...
Rick Bingham
Glynloen Insurance Consulting
Insurance, Risk Management
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bad faith, claims, claim handling, reserves, bad-faith, unfair claims settlement practices, third party administrator, reinsurance, notice, asbestos, extra contractual, receivership, claims management, liquidation, environmental, property and casualty, reserve adequacy, market conduct examination
Throughout his career, Mr. Bingham served as a senior claims manager for 3 major property casualty carriers: CNA, the Hartford, and USF&G. As a seasoned senior level Insurance, Reinsurance, Regulatory and Run-Off Practitioner with 4 decades of industry, consulting, and receivership experience, Mr. Bingham possesses a demonstrated ability to analyze complex insurance-related matters in fast paced and evolving environments. Mr. Bingham’s credentials as subject matter expert have been accepted in both state and federal courts across the country.
Mr. Bingham has demonstrated an understanding and command of claims handling practices, reinsurance policies, and regulatory and run-off issues of the highest complexity. His wealth of experience in the handling of claims, claims management, regulatory compliance, drafting expert reports, and testifying in complex litigation have made him an asset to businesses and attorneys throughout the United States.
As a past recipient of the Cert...
Timothy A Coleman, PhD
Coleman Knupp & DIce, LLC
Birmingham, Alabama
Meteorology, Environmental
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Weather, Rainfall, Flood, Hurricane, Tornado, Wind, Fog, Visibility, Atmosphere, Insurance, Slip and Fall, Accident Reconstruction
Dr. Tim Coleman is the founding partner of the meteorological consulting firm of Coleman Knupp & Dice, LLC. He has been working in forensic weather analysis and consulting since 2008, and has 32 years of experience in meteorology. He holds a PhD and MS in Atmospheric Science from The University of Alabama in Huntsville, and a BS in Physics and Mathematics from Samford University. Tim has performed meteorological consulting services in over 200 cases in 19 states and Europe. His work in these cases has been widely varied, including but not limited to: rainfall and flood analysis; building collapse (due to wind or water); wind damage (including hurricanes, straight-line winds, and tornadoes), slip and fall (due to water, ice, and wind), lightning, hail damage, highway accidents, aircraft accidents, fog and visibility, and sun angle. Many of these cases have involved expert testimony. Dr. Coleman’s clients have complimented his ability to locate and analyze complex information, ...
Ty R Sagalow, JD, LLM
Innovation Insurance Group, LLC
Alabama
Insurance
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Professional Liability Insurance, D&O Liability Insurance, Management Liability Insurance, E&O Insurance, Cyber Insurance, Property Insurance, Casualty Insurance, P&C Insurance Financial Lines Insurance, bad faith, underwriting, claims, policyholder, Insurance, EPLI Insurance, Directors, Officers
Mr. Sagalow is a well known expert in insurance disputes representing both the policyholder and insurance carrier. He has been retained by most of the largest law firms on "both sides of the aisle." As of April 2024 he has been retained over 150 times (across over 50 different firms) , testified over 60 times including at trial, arbitration and court hearings. While Mr. Sagalow has been retained for a wide variety of insurance matters, his expertise is especially sought after in Financial Lines cases including directors and officers (D&O) insurance and professional liability (E&O) insurance .
Mr. Sagalow has been successful in obtaining his policyholder clients over a billion dollars in recoveries as well as successfully saving for his insurance carrier clients hundreds of millions of dollars via successful declaratory judgment actions or trial verdicts.
Mr. Sagalow is a 40 year insurance veteran having held the most senior positions in many insurance companies including at ...
Ramzi Asfour, MD
Praxis Infectious Diseases
Arizona
Infectious Diseases, Internal Medicine
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COVID-19, nursing homes, long term care, sepsis, necrotizing fasciitis, infections, surgical site infections, infection control, antimicrobial stewardship, consulting, insurance, case review, medical malpractice, standards of care, bacterial or viral infections, outbreak management
Ramzi Asfour, MD, is board certified in Infectious Diseases and Internal Medicine, and Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine (Volunteer) at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF).
In addition to his 20+ years of extensive private practice, Dr. Asfour has privileges at five California hospitals (Alameda County Medical Center, Alameda Hospital, Sutter Lakeside Hospital, Sutter Eden Medical Center, and Mammoth Hospital).
Dr. Asfour has worked for the World Health Organization in Geneva in the HIV / AIDS department, developing training programs for doctors in HIV.
In addition to his clinical practice, Dr. Asfour also advises hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, schools, and businesses on infection control, including outbreak control and COVID-19, and antimicrobial stewardship.
Dr. Asfour has experience working with both plaintiff and defense attorneys to provide clear, independent opinions on matters involving:
Medical malpractice, standards of care, sepsis, necr...
Neal Bordenave, JD, CPCU, RPLU, ARM, AIC
RiskPro Insurance Services, Inc.
Arizona
Insurance, Insurance
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Broker/Agent Standard of Care, Bad Faith, Insurance Industry Customs and Practices, Property & Casualty, Life, Annuities, Excess & Surplus, Managing General Agent, Health, Surety, Professional Liability, Underwriting, Claims Practices
More than 35 years experience in the insurance industry. President/CEO of RiskPro Insurance Services, Inc.,
Professor of Risk Management and Insurance at California State University Chico (Retired 2022)
Established Expert Witness Practice in 2009. As of January 2023, more than 400 retentions and testifying in Deposition, Trial and Arbitration more than 100 times.
Education includes Juris Doctor (JD), BS Business Administration/Finance.
Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU)
Registered Professional Liability Underwriter (RPLU)
Associate in Risk Management (ARM)
Associate in Claims (ARM)
Primary States for expert work include, California, Arizona, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Utah, Colorado and Texas
Daniel G Fink, CIC, CRM, CPCU, CRIS, AAI
Insurance Expert Witness
Phoenix, Arizona
Insurance
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Insurance Producer Standard of Care, Insurance Bad Faith, Agents E&O, Insurance Coverages and Claims, Insurance Claim handling standards, Workers Comp, Auto Insurance, UM & UIM Insurance, Home Insurance, Insurance Disputes, Life Insurance, Health Insurance, P&C, Umbrellas, etc
Daniel Fink, [email protected], is an active insurance producer and instructor, as well as an Insurance expert witness, with over 40 years of insurance industry experience. He has earned the CIC, CRM, CPCU, CRIS, & AAI insurance certifications. As an insurance instructor, he teaches continuing education & certification classes for the CIC, CISR, and CRIS programs and speaks on many insurance topics to insurance and industry groups. Daniel is a national faculty member and education writer for The National Alliance for Insurance Education and Research. Daniel is a good communicator (BA in Journalism and English) combined with an extensive background in insurance. He served as President of the IIABAZ (Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of Arizona) as well as head of its education committee. Daniel teaches insurance associations (Big I and PIA) in many states. Daniel serves as a member of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America’s (IIABA) “Ask an Expert” Pane...
Carl H. Josephson, PE, SE
Josephson-Werdowatz & Associates, Inc.
Arizona
Structural Engineering, Engineering
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Wood, masonry, steel, concrete structures. Construction defect, insurance litigation, professional liability claims. Seismic/wind design, code review, standard of care analysis. Also foundations, underpinning, retaining walls, and tie-backs. Extensive graphics and animations capabilities
Josephson-Werdowatz & Associates (JWA), founded in 1988 and with licenses in thirty states, has provided structural design and construction defect investigations/evaluations across the United States and abroad. Structural evaluations included wood, masonry, steel, and concrete structures, with particular emphasis on seismic and wind design. JWA has experience working with specialty materials such as acrylic, aluminum, and glass as well. Evaluations also include code review and analysis, and standard of care analysis. JWA has extensive experience with geotechnical structures such as special foundations, underpinning, retaining walls, tie-backs, and soil nails, among others. JWA strives for a reasoned, accurate, and practical solution to structural engineering problems and deficiencies.
Principal Structural Engineers Carl H. Josephson, PE, SE; Dan R. Werdowatz PE, SE; and Stephen P. Kerr, PE, SE have been retained as expert witnesses in over 1,500 cases for plaintiff and defense cli...
David R. Mitchell, CPCU, CIC, MBA, MA.HR, SPHR, SHRM-SCP
Insurance Standard of Care Expert
Ideal Insurance Agency
Surprise, Arizona
Insurance
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insurance standard of care, insurance coverage, insurance bad faith, workers compensation, human resources, property and casualty insurance, life insurance, disability insurance, long term care insurance, cyber insurance, auto insurance, home insurance, business insurance
David Mitchell (“David”) has held an Arizona Property and Casualty License since 1980 and Life and Health license since 1988. He has held the Certified Insurance Counselor (hereinafter “CIC”) for over thirty years. David has attended over five hundred hours of classroom instruction with CIC primarily involving insurance policies.
In addition, David completed his Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (“CPCU”) in 2022. The CPCU designation consists of eight parts and in the opinion of many as the highest professional property/casualty designation in the insurance industry. David holds a bachelor's in business management, a master's degree in business administration (MBA) and a master's degree in human resources.
David has been an owner and insurance producer for over 40 years and teaches insurance producers in continuing education.
David has consulted on over 65 cases as an insurance consultant and/or expert witness. The cases have primarily involved standard of care and covera...
Robert M Anderson, CPCU
The Anderson Edge
Newport Beach, California
Insurance, Risk Management
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Insurance Broker Standard of Care, Insurance Federal Cases, Rule 26, Insurance Pollution, Umbrella Insurance, Excess Insurance, Insurer Bad Faith, Insurance Coverage, Construction Defect Insurance, Insurance Manuscript Policies, Insurance Custom and Practice, Property Casualty Insurance
Trusted by 32 of the Top 100 Insurance Law Firms
Bob began his career as a casualty underwriter for Pacific Indemnity Company (Chubb) and later for Industrial Indemnity Company. Bob also served as president, chief executive officer, and chairman of the board of well-known Anderson & Anderson Insurance Brokers. Over nearly 30 years, he built Anderson & Anderson from a four-person company to the fifth-largest brokerage firm in California until the time of its sale to AON Corporation. At Aon, Bob was the president of the Aon Advantage Group which advised 20 industry practice leaders such as the Hospitality Group which insured Hotels, Resorts, and Casinos.
Bob attended the Harvard Business School’s OPM program which is similar to its MBA program. He earned his CPCU (Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter) designation in 1970 from the American Institute for Property and Liability Underwriters, Inc.
Areas of expertise include, but are not limited to;
• ADR (Arbitration/Mediation) Cove...
Michael F Arrigo
Medical billing, fraud, HIPAA privacy, FMV
No World Borders
Newport Beach, California
Medical Billing, HIPAA
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Medical billing, Patents trade secrets, electronic medical records, Medicare fraud, medical billing fraud, qui tam false claims act fraud Usual Customary Reasonable (UCR), Meaningful Use Electronic Health Records, HITECH Act, Affordable Care Act, Medicare Advantage, Medicaid, insurance, CRPS, EMTALA
Writer, speaker, published peer-reviewed works as an expert in the field recent Federal court rulings as a qualified expert published in Westlaw
• US COURT OF APPEALS considered expert opinions, VACATED AND REMANDED
• Two DOJ retentions, $155 million settlement
• Healthcare IT patents intellectual property Technical Expert, Medicare Damages Expert
• Medical coding medical billing, claims, usual customary and reasonable charges in personal injury and medical malpractice cases, Lifecare plan rebuttal under ACA on the future cost of care, trauma
• Electronic medical record forensics / electronic health record forensics, E.H.R, practice management IT, medical, prescription charges, workman's compensation, insurance fraud
• genetic testing, novel genetic sequencing, esoteric testing, laboratory testing
• HIPAA Privacy, Security, Blockchain special studies MIT
• Affordable Care Act, HITECH Act, electronic medical records, meaningful use, patents, and intellectual property in heal Healt...
Ramzi Asfour, MD
Praxis Infectious Diseases
California
Infectious Diseases, Internal Medicine
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COVID-19, nursing homes, long term care, sepsis, necrotizing fasciitis, infections, surgical site infections, infection control, antimicrobial stewardship, consulting, insurance, case review, medical malpractice, standards of care, bacterial or viral infections, outbreak management
Ramzi Asfour, MD, is board certified in Infectious Diseases and Internal Medicine, and Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine (Volunteer) at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF).
In addition to his 20+ years of extensive private practice, Dr. Asfour has privileges at five California hospitals (Alameda County Medical Center, Alameda Hospital, Sutter Lakeside Hospital, Sutter Eden Medical Center, and Mammoth Hospital).
Dr. Asfour has worked for the World Health Organization in Geneva in the HIV / AIDS department, developing training programs for doctors in HIV.
In addition to his clinical practice, Dr. Asfour also advises hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, schools, and businesses on infection control, including outbreak control and COVID-19, and antimicrobial stewardship.
Dr. Asfour has experience working with both plaintiff and defense attorneys to provide clear, independent opinions on matters involving:
Medical malpractice, standards of care, sepsis, necr...
Neal Bordenave, JD, CPCU, RPLU, ARM, AIC
RiskPro Insurance Services, Inc.
California
Insurance, Insurance
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Broker/Agent Standard of Care, Bad Faith, Insurance Industry Customs and Practices, Property & Casualty, Life, Annuities, Excess & Surplus, Managing General Agent, Health, Surety, Professional Liability, Underwriting, Claims Practices
More than 35 years experience in the insurance industry. President/CEO of RiskPro Insurance Services, Inc.,
Professor of Risk Management and Insurance at California State University Chico (Retired 2022)
Established Expert Witness Practice in 2009. As of January 2023, more than 400 retentions and testifying in Deposition, Trial and Arbitration more than 100 times.
Education includes Juris Doctor (JD), BS Business Administration/Finance.
Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU)
Registered Professional Liability Underwriter (RPLU)
Associate in Risk Management (ARM)
Associate in Claims (ARM)
Primary States for expert work include, California, Arizona, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Utah, Colorado and Texas
Frank M Campbell, CLU, ChFC
Life Insurance, Annuities, Disability and LTC
Stratus Financial Partners
Riverside, California
Insurance, Financial
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Life Insurance, Annuity, Annuities, Suitability, Lapse, Life Settlement, agent, Conversion, Estate Planning, Disability Insurance, Long Term Care Insurance, Bad Faith, Beneficiary, trusts, STOLI, TOLI, Standard of Care, Expiration, Misrepresentation, Life/Disability Analyst
Expert in Permanent and Term Life Insurance, Disability, Long-Term Care Insurance as well as variable and fixed annuities. 40+ years’ experience as a high-producing agent with a Fortune 500 insurer. Past Life & Qualifying Member of Million Dollar Round Table – a trade group of top insurance producers. Chartered Life Underwriter. Chartered Financial Consultant. Licensed Life and Disability Analyst. Has reviewed and analyzed hundreds of insurance policies for issues such as suitability, expiration, beneficiaries, conversion, termination, reinstatement, value, and health of the insurer.
Tyla DiMaria, RN, MSN, CCM, CNLCP
Best Life Care Solutions
Carlsbad, California
Life Care Planning, Nurse
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Home Care Agency Owner/Expert, Nursing Administration, Long Term Care, Standard of Care Expert, Medical Surgical, Trauma, Brain Injury, Spinal Cord Injury, Pain Management, Burn Injury, Catastrophic Injury, Amputation Injury, Case Management, Plaintiff, Defense, Insurance, Medical Bill Review
Registered Nurse with over 26 years of experience. Home Care Agency Owner since 2008. Broad range of nursing experience including medical surgical, trauma/ICU, telemetry, orthopedics, rehab, workers comp, mother/baby, and more. Serving both plaintiffs and defense with life care planning services, life care plan rebuttals, medical record review, standard of care reports, medical bill review, and more. Looking forward to working with you!
Mason A Dinehart III, RFC
FEND - Financial Education Network Development
San Ramon, California
Securities & Investments, Insurance
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Due Diligence, Suitability, Supervision, Standards of Care, Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Variable and Fixed Index Annuities, TIC's, Non-Traded REIT'S, Broker Dealer Compliance, Portfolio Analysis, Private Placements, Elder Abuse, Damages, Misrepresentation, Material Omission and Fraud
I am celebrating 5 decades in the securities Industry. I am both a FINRA Arbitrator and the designated securities expert witness for the CA State Bar. I am a consulting expert in litigation and arbitration having testified in 25 states involving securities, insurance and annuities. Since 1991, I have been retained over 1000 times and have testified in 365 arbitrations before NASD, FINRA, JAMS, PSE, AAA and PSE along with attending and testifying in over 100 mediations. In addition, I have qualified and testified before the L.A. Federal Court along with State Courts in L.A., Orange, Fresno and San Diego. My case track record stands at 328 wins and 37 losses.
From a long-standing banking background in corporate finance to underwriting and investment banking and real estate experience, I bring a strong knowledge of modern portfolio theory through the teaching of hundreds of retirement financial planning seminars at the corporate level. It is my goal to bring a refres...
David S. Easton, JD, CPCU
Easton Insurance Consulting
San Diego, California
Insurance
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Insurance Claims Handling Best Practices, Insurance Claims Investigation, Construction Defect, Commercial Insurance, Adjuster Standard of Care, Bad Faith, Investigation, Insurance Coverage, Mediation, Duty to Defend, Premises Liability, Certificates of Insurance, Litigation Best Practices
I offer over 30 years of experience in litigated commercial and personal lines claims handling and case management. I am a former Senior Litigation Specialist with thorough knowledge of carrier best practices and their specific application to the duty to investigate, the duty to defend, and the duty to indemnify. For the last 15 years I have specialized in commercial casualty insurance coverage and how appropriate insurance best practices relate to construction defect claims as well as commercial premises liability claims.
I have personally attended over 1000 mediations and settlement conferences in litigated matters as a carrier representative. I have experience and training in giving deposition and trial testimony.
Frederick J Fisher, J.D., CCP
Fisher Consulting Group, Inc.
El Segundo, California
Insurance, Business Operations
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Professional Liability, Standard of Care, Insurance Bad Faith, Insurance Brokers, Real Estate Brokers, Escrow Procedures, Mortgage Brokers, Claims Procedures, Claims Made Insurance
Frederick J. Fisher, J.D. is the President of Fisher Consulting Group, Inc., and was the Founder of E.L.M. Insurance Brokers, a Wholesale & MGA facility specializing in Professional Liability and Specialty Line risks. He is a Member of the Editorial Board for Agents of America; a Faculty Member of the Claims College, and Member of the Executive Council, School of Professional Lines as sponsored by the Claims & Litigation Management Alliance. He is a course designer and webinar Instructor for the Academy of Insurance (sponsored by the Insurance Journal).
Since his career began, Mr. Fisher focused on one vision: providing financial security to the client. The result was a successful 41 year career in Specialty Lines Insurance. In 1975, Mr. Fisher began his career on the service side, as an Independent E&O claims adjuster. In 1982, he bought the Company, continued with claims, while expanding the firm’s services to include qualitative claim auditing, risk management & loss contro...
James Ji, MD
James Ji MD, Inc
San Marino, California
Internal Medicine, Hospitalist
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Medical Director, HMO, Medicare Advantage, Insurance, HCC, RAF, Coding, Billing, Contracts
Dr. Ji is a Los Angeles based board certified internal medicine physician with experience as a medical director and practicing hospitalist physician since graduating residency in New York in 2013 (Columbia University/New York Presbyterian Hospital).
Since then he has had:
10+ years of experience as a hybrid hospitalist and office based internal medicine physician in active practice
7+ years of medical director experience for two large medical groups (Regal Medical Group and Caremore)
Additional experience and expertise include clinical and management expertise in:
-value based care and risk bearing models of care
-PCP/specialist and hospital contracting
-HCC/RAF coding
-STARS/HEDIS
-High risk population management (inpatient and outpatient)
-Insurance based bed day management (inpatient/observation determination, and out-of-network and patient transfer management)
-Extensive case review experience with physician quality/standards, hospital coding, appeals determination including...
Carl H. Josephson, PE, SE
Josephson-Werdowatz & Associates, Inc.
San Diego, California
Structural Engineering, Engineering
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Wood, masonry, steel, concrete structures. Construction defect, insurance litigation, professional liability claims. Seismic/wind design, code review, standard of care analysis. Also foundations, underpinning, retaining walls, and tie-backs. Extensive graphics and animations capabilities
Josephson-Werdowatz & Associates (JWA), founded in 1988 and with licenses in thirty states, has provided structural design and construction defect investigations/evaluations across the United States and abroad. Structural evaluations included wood, masonry, steel, and concrete structures, with particular emphasis on seismic and wind design. JWA has experience working with specialty materials such as acrylic, aluminum, and glass as well. Evaluations also include code review and analysis, and standard of care analysis. JWA has extensive experience with geotechnical structures such as special foundations, underpinning, retaining walls, tie-backs, and soil nails, among others. JWA strives for a reasoned, accurate, and practical solution to structural engineering problems and deficiencies.
Principal Structural Engineers Carl H. Josephson, PE, SE; Dan R. Werdowatz PE, SE; and Stephen P. Kerr, PE, SE have been retained as expert witnesses in over 1,500 cases for plaintiff and defense cli...
Arthur B Kagan, FSA, EA
A | K Actuarial & Pension Services
Woodland Hills, California
Actuarial, Statistics
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Actuary, Pension Plans, retirement plans, 401k plans, ERISA, IRS compliance, audits, pension consulting, life expectancy calculations, marital dissolution, employee benefits, personal injury, wrongful death, disability, loss of income, life estate values, insurance, annuities, executive plans
In the past 4 years I have completed about 50 expert witness cases, including personal injury, medical malpractice, wrongful death, economic damages, family law, life estates, ERISA. public pension plan participant values, insurance, annuities, disability, deferred compensation plans, and general litigation. My experience is that by providing attorneys with an expert witness report by a certified actuary, they can win larger claims for their client. I am listed on many of the expert witness directories, as well as on Google. My CV is attached.
Professional affiliations include F.S.A, Fellow Society of Actuaries (highest education for an actuary), E. A. Enrolled Actuary, M. A. A. A Member American Academy of Actuaries, ASPPA American Society of Pension Professionals and Actuaries, NIPA National Institute of Pension Administrators, and past affiliation as F. C. A. Fellow of Conference of Consulting Actuaries.
Prior Board Member for Conference of Consulting Actuaries and N...
Guy O Kornblum
Experienced insurance claims and legal malpratice
Guy O. Kornblum, A Professional Law Corporation
San Francisco, California
Insurance, Legal
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Insurance Claims Handling, Insurance Compliance with Good Faith Claims Principles, Standard of Care in Civil Litigation, Civil Litigation, Case Evaluation, Negotiation and Settlement
GUY O. KORNBLUM is a principal in Guy O. Kornblum, a professional law corporation, with offices in San Francisco, California. He has specialized as a trial and appellate lawyer for over 45 years. The firm specializes in a wide range of civil litigation, including serious injury and wrongful death, financial and physical elder abuse, and all aspects of insurance including “bad faith” claims. Mr. Kornblum himself has handled over 4000 litigated matters to conclusion and has several million dollar plus cases to his credit. He has represented hundreds of clients, small businesses, individuals, and large Fortune 500 corporations during his over 40 years of practice. He is highly regarded for his courtroom and appellate skills, and his representation of his clients in mediations, where he has a strong track record of successful settlements.
Mr. Kornblum is certified in Civil Trial Law and Civil Pretrial Practice Advocacy by the prestigious National Board of Trial Advocacy, and is a ...
Brad A LaPorte
Top Cybersecurity & Information Technology Expert
High Tide Advisors
California
Cybersecurity, Information Technology
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Fraud, Defamation, Analyst, Ransomware, Endpoint, network, cyber, insurance, penetration, testing, malware, computer, breach, managed, risk, vulnerability, crime, threat, attack, hack
Brad A. LaPorte is a cybersecurity and Information Technology consultant and currently serving as a founder of High Tide Advisors. He has over 20+ years of experience as a consultant in the cybersecurity industry spanning various industry segments.
Pior Cases:
Pior cases have involved high profile companies and persons such as Bungie the Video Gaming Division of Sony, SentinelOne, BlackBerry, Red Canary, and the Miami-Dade Mayor Candidate and Influencer Alexander Otaola. Topics have included intellectual property theft, wire fraud, real estate fraud, lack of adherence to cybersecurity best practices and regulations, conflicts of interest, malicious tampering and reverse engineering of software and hardware, interference with business relationships, defamation, and matters involving impersonation with malicious intent.
Career History and Expertise:
Prior to forming High Tide Advisors, he served as a top Gartner Research Analyst, including but not limited to the following spec...
David R. Mitchell, CPCU, CIC, MBA, MA.HR, SPHR, SHRM-SCP
Insurance Standard of Care Expert
Ideal Insurance Agency
California
Insurance
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insurance standard of care, insurance coverage, insurance bad faith, workers compensation, human resources, property and casualty insurance, life insurance, disability insurance, long term care insurance, cyber insurance, auto insurance, home insurance, business insurance
David Mitchell (“David”) has held an Arizona Property and Casualty License since 1980 and Life and Health license since 1988. He has held the Certified Insurance Counselor (hereinafter “CIC”) for over thirty years. David has attended over five hundred hours of classroom instruction with CIC primarily involving insurance policies.
In addition, David completed his Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (“CPCU”) in 2022. The CPCU designation consists of eight parts and in the opinion of many as the highest professional property/casualty designation in the insurance industry. David holds a bachelor's in business management, a master's degree in business administration (MBA) and a master's degree in human resources.
David has been an owner and insurance producer for over 40 years and teaches insurance producers in continuing education.
David has consulted on over 65 cases as an insurance consultant and/or expert witness. The cases have primarily involved standard of care and covera...
Thomas M. Neches, CPA, ABV, CVA, CFE, CFF
Thomas Neches & Co., LLP
Los Angeles, California
Business Damages, Accounting
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CPA expert witness, forensic accounting, damages, business valuation, lost profits, reasonable royalty, alter ego, intellectual property, wrongful termination, wrongful death, breach of contract, lender liability, banking, entertainment, insurance, manufacturing, retail, securities, wholesale
Thomas Neches, managing partner of Thomas Neches & Company LLP, provides accounting, financial, business valuation and statistical analyses to assist attorneys involved in litigation.
Mr. Neches has testified as an expert in state and federal courts in Arizona, California, Florida, Kentucky, Missouri, Nevada, New York and Oregon. He is a Certified Public Accountant, Accredited in Business Valuation, a Certified Valuation Analyst, a Certified Fraud Examiner and is Certified in Financial Forensics. He received his BA in Mathematics and Literature from UC San Diego and his MS in Operations Research from UCLA.
Mr. Neches has testified to juries on behalf of both plaintiffs and defendants in antitrust, breach of contract, fraud, intellectual property, lender liability, personal injury and wrongful termination cases. Examples of the litigation issues he has addressed include lost profits, lost business value, determining a reasonable royalty and piercing the corporate veil. Representativ...
David E. Pilcher, CPCU, ARM, AIC, AAI
David E. Pilcher, CPCU, ARM, AIC, AAI
Monrovia, California
Insurance, Risk Management
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Workers Compensation, General Liability insurance, Personal and Commercial Lines, Errors and Omissions Casualty Claims, Bad Faith, Risk Management / Loss Control, Coverage and/or Contractual Disputes, Employer Practices Liability, Wage and Hour Disputes, Casualty issues
I offer over 35 years of strong technical background and multiple-line experience in personal and commercial casualty insurance including auto, general liability, and workers' compensation. I am the former Risk Manager of Fullerton School District, (enrollment of 13,554 students and approximately 1500 classified and certificated personnel on 22 sites), assuming overall responsibility for the administration of the district’s property, liability, and self-insured workers’ compensation programs and the employee health and welfare benefits programs. I have served on the Risk Management and Threat Assessment Advisory Board for Cal State Fullerton University Extended Education Program and have previously served as a Management Trustee for the Metropolitan Employee Benefits Association and on the Alliance of Schools for Cooperative Insurance Programs (ASCIP) Loss Control Committee. I have significant experience in litigated casualty claims case management combined with a thorough knowledge...
Daniel R Robles, PE, MBA
Plumbing, Mechanical Systems, Standard of Care
Community Engineering Services, PLLC
California
Mechanical Engineering, Real Estate
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plumbing, pipe, re-pipe, leaks, smart contract adjudication, Inspection, construction, water damage, feasibility, epoxy liner, CPVC, Aquatherm, PEX, Galvanized, copper, risk assessment, machinery, insurance, defect, blockchain
Thirty-five years of comprehensive engineering, project delivery, and business analysis responsibilities. Currently providing independent expert witness services representing both plaintiffs and defendants at the intersection of mechanical failure, business practices, and standard of care. Specific areas of practice include plumbing systems, drain, waste, vent, and domestic supply as well as water system failures, water intrusion, building maintenance, corrosion, and mechanical systems. Serving the legal, insurance, and financial industries as well as private, municipal, and institutional clients.
Licensed mechanical engineer experienced in aerospace, building sciences, and new technology platforms. Business founder, owner, and educator with strong speaking, authorship, and management skills. Noted researcher in engineering, finance, insurance, and technology fields. International engineering, project management and front-line team leadership. Customer service experience relat...
Steven E. Roth
Life and Disability Insurance Analyst
Agoura Hills, California
Insurance
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life insurance, disability insurance, indexed annuities, annuity, annuities, premium financing, indexed universal life, illustration, bad faith, unfair, deceptive, sales practices, misrepresentation, fraud, negligence, standard of care, STOLI, IOLI, IUL, FIA
Served as a consultant and/or testifying expert witness to national law firms and top lawyers in numerous pro-consumer cases, ranging from deceptive investment and insurance sales practices to unfair insurance claims handling (predominantly life and disability insurance and annuity cases). To date, these cases resulting in estimated $200 million plus of settlements, awards and judgments. Testified in state courts, before FINRA and arbitrations. Never disqualified or had opinions stricken.
1991 - present: Life and disability insurance agent. 2014 - present: Life & Disability Analyst.
ARTICLES AND SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
Articles (partial list)
Featured in Forbes Magazine: “Sounding The Alarm On Indexed Universal Life Insurance”, a consumer warning piece concerning complex premium financing and Indexed Universal Life insurance – September 23, 2020
Featured in Forbes Magazine: “Kill The Messenger”, an critique of investment advisors and products – December, 2008
Featured in Forbes Mag...
Colleen M Tangorra, CLU, ChFC
Rancho San Diego, California
Insurance, Financial
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Life Insurance, Compliance, Annuities, Variable contracts, Mutual Funds, FINRA supervision
42 years' experience in the Life Insurance and Financial Services industry. Expertise in traditional and variable life insurance and annuity contracts as well as mutual fund sales practices, compliance and operations. Experienced initially as an insurance and securities licensed professional working directly with clients, later developing skills and knowledge in sales management, training and compliance supervision of over 300 industry sales professionals. Skilled platform speaker to 300 + audiences. As a Registered Principal with the Financial and Regulatory Authority (FINRA), along with my many years of involvement in product development, internal operations of large insurance/financial services companies and compliance regulation has led me to now pursue opportunities as an expert witness. Education includes Bachelor of Science degree from State University of New York, Cum Laude; designations Chartered Life Underwriter and Chartered Financial Consultant from The American College...
Pauline Thomas, CRM, CIC, ARM, CISR
Effective Risk Management
Costa Mesa, California
Insurance, Risk Management
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Insurance, Risk Management, Agent/Broker Standard of Care, MGA, Wholesale Intermediary, Excess & Surplus Lines, Underwriting, Insurance Industry Customs & Practices, Commercial Lines, Personal Lines, E&O, EPLI, Occurrence v. Claims Made, PEOs, Contracts, Certificates, Additional Insureds, Claims
52+ years experience. Insurance & risk management professional.
Faculty Member, Big "I" Virtual University Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America
Practice includes expert witness & transactional consulting. Personal & commercial insurance including property, inland marine, wet marine, builders risk, course of construction, general liability, automobile liability, workers compensation, homeowners, medical malpractice, employment practices liability, professional liability. Traditional insurance & alternative risk programs, captives, self-insurance, large deductibles, retrospective rating. Experience includes underwriting, retail & wholesale production agencies, general agent, excess & surplus lines & franchisor. Producer, agent and broker custom & practice and standard of care. Good faith, bad faith. Experience with design & marketing of insurance programs & design & interpretation of insurance clauses in lease agreements, construction and other business contracts, cer...
Michael F Arrigo
Medical billing, fraud, HIPAA privacy, FMV
No World Borders
Colorado
Medical Billing, HIPAA
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Medical billing, Patents trade secrets, electronic medical records, Medicare fraud, medical billing fraud, qui tam false claims act fraud Usual Customary Reasonable (UCR), Meaningful Use Electronic Health Records, HITECH Act, Affordable Care Act, Medicare Advantage, Medicaid, insurance, CRPS, EMTALA
Writer, speaker, published peer-reviewed works as an expert in the field recent Federal court rulings as a qualified expert published in Westlaw
• US COURT OF APPEALS considered expert opinions, VACATED AND REMANDED
• Two DOJ retentions, $155 million settlement
• Healthcare IT patents intellectual property Technical Expert, Medicare Damages Expert
• Medical coding medical billing, claims, usual customary and reasonable charges in personal injury and medical malpractice cases, Lifecare plan rebuttal under ACA on the future cost of care, trauma
• Electronic medical record forensics / electronic health record forensics, E.H.R, practice management IT, medical, prescription charges, workman's compensation, insurance fraud
• genetic testing, novel genetic sequencing, esoteric testing, laboratory testing
• HIPAA Privacy, Security, Blockchain special studies MIT
• Affordable Care Act, HITECH Act, electronic medical records, meaningful use, patents, and intellectual property in heal Healt...
Mark "Jake" Jacobson
General Contractor, Inspector, and Expert Witness
The Expert Construction Witness, LLC
Fruita, Colorado
Construction, Construction Defects
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Residential, Standards of Care, Building Codes, Workmanship, Plumbing, Commercial, Roofing & Stucco, Plan Reviews, Project Documents & Costs, Electrical, Water Intrusion, Facilities Management, Site Evals, Framing, Litigation Support, Concrete, Site Inspections, Product Evals, Mechanical, Insurance
Mark “Jake” Jacobson
Building Inspector
Building Official
Construction Expert Witness
Consultant
Facilities Manager
General Contractor
Pre-Purchase Inspector
Project Manager
Project Superintendent
As a construction expert witness, I am my utilizing my hands-on knowledge, skill, and experience earned from over 30 years of work in the fields of construction, construction management, facilities management, and business management. This experience comes from the 360-degree perspectives of a building inspector, building department official, jobsite superintendent, facilities manager, general contractor and construction consultant/analyst. Managing residential new construction and remodeling, additions and light commercial construction are the cruxes of my building expertise.
Expert Services Offered But Not Limited to the Following:
Construction & Construction Defects Analysis: Residential & Light Commercial
Trades Work Product Analysis: Framing, Heating & Ventilation, Plumbin...
Laura A. Dambier
Life Insurance Expert - Policies, Agents, Claims
Insurance Capital Consulting LLC
Avon, Connecticut
Insurance, Business Operations
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Life insurance, annuities, agent licensing, appointment, commissions, terminations, contracting, regulatory requirements, operations, customer service, call centers, home office administration processes, technology, compliance, file review, death claims, unclaimed property, policyholder services
Laura A. Dambier
Accomplished retired senior executive with more than 20 years of experience leading life insurance operations across the life cycle of a policy from life insurance and annuity agent/broker/distribution sales authorization to the sales process, compensation, customer service and claims. Areas of expertise include but are not limited to life insurance and annuity agent licensing, appointments, terminations, commissions, contracting, technology, customer service, call center and claims. Please see Insurance Capital Consulting LLC below for further detail.
Insurance Capital Consulting LLC
Led by Laura A. Dambier, Insurance Capital Consulting, LLC offers expert consulting and expert witness services related to many aspects of the life insurance industry. Areas of expertise include home office operations; agent, broker and producer licensing, appointment, supervision and termination; policyholder service including premium billing, beneficiary designations and ownership c...
Max Holmes
Investor / Lawyer / NYU Stern Professor
Useful LLC
Greenwich, Connecticut
Appraisal & Valuation, Securities & Investments
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Antitrust, Arbitration, Banking, Bankruptcy, Business Damages, Business Valuation, Contract Disputes, Cryptocurrency, Due Diligence, Fiduciary Duty, Financial, Fraud, Hedge Funds, Insurance, Investment Banking, Investment Management, Lending, Leveraged Buyouts, Mergers & Acquisitions, Private Equity
Max Holmes has over 40 years of experience as a portfolio manager, research analyst, board member, lawyer, NYU Professor and expert witness.
Since 1993, Max Holmes has been an Adjunct Professor of Finance at the Stern Graduate School of Business at New York University, teaching "Bankruptcy and Reorganization."
Max Holmes has been the Chief Investment Officer / Lead Portfolio Manager for two large hedge funds ($2.7 billion and $5.4 billion of peak AUM) as well as an insurance company portfolio and a mutual fund portfolio. The funds invested in credit, capital structure arbitrage, distressed debt, rescue finance, direct lending, specialty finance, event stocks and special situations securities, including long and short positions. The funds invested across the capital structure: bank debt, DIP loans, second lien debt, secured and unsecured bonds, floating rate and fixed rate notes, trade claims, preferred stock, common stock, put and call options and credit default swaps (CDS). In...
Frank C. White, Jr. J.D.
ML Insurance Claims Expert Witness LLC.
East Hampton, Connecticut
Insurance
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claims standard of care, insurance coverage, claims investigation, claims valuation, claims authority, claims reserving, claims negotiations, best practices, good faith, bad faith, claims practices act, claims liability assessment, claims damage evaluation, claims exposure
Insurance Claims adjustment, standard of care, coverage, liability, causation, damages, investigations, communications, valuation, authority, reserving, negotiation, best practices, good faith, bad faith, claims practices acts and regulations, CGL, Commercial Auto, CUP, Commercial Excess, Inland Marine, Liquor Liability, Workers Compensation, Employer Liability, Garage Owner Liability, Employment Practices Liability, HO, Personal Auto, PUP, D&O, MPL, LPL, Employed Lawyers Liability, Medical Professional Liability, Cyber, Fiduciary Liability, Benefits Administrator Liability, Freight Forwarder Coverage, similar policies.
Twenty-Two years insurance claims experience with five carriers and private practice working for, with, and against insurance carriers.
Matthew Furlong, CBC, RBC
Construction and Building Code Compliance Expert
Först Consulting Group
District Of Columbia
Construction Defects, Construction
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Forensic investigation, building pathology, failure analysis, technical reporting, construction claims, litigation support, insurance, building code, EIFs, stucco, building envelope, facades, rainscreen, infrared, moisture, structural capability, energy conservation, contract analysis
Mr. Matthew Furlong specializes in construction defect and failure analysis, forensic engineering, scientific investigations, technical report writing and expert witness testimony for construction claims and litigation matters. Mr. Furlong has 21 years of experience with construction, project coordination and design, remodeling, and field inspections of building systems for residential, and commercial low and high-rise properties. He has successfully completed more than 600 unique and custom projects while as a general contractor.
His builder background experience ranges from high-end new custom home construction, interior renovations and additions, to green building and energy efficient homes, historical renovations, timber-framing, and creating elaborate custom interiors in prestigious estate-sized homes. This experience gives Mr. Furlong the unique qualifications to testify as an expert in construction matters. As a professional consultant, Mr. Furlong provides services in the ...
Michael F Arrigo
Medical billing, fraud, HIPAA privacy, FMV
No World Borders
Florida
Medical Billing, HIPAA
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Medical billing, Patents trade secrets, electronic medical records, Medicare fraud, medical billing fraud, qui tam false claims act fraud Usual Customary Reasonable (UCR), Meaningful Use Electronic Health Records, HITECH Act, Affordable Care Act, Medicare Advantage, Medicaid, insurance, CRPS, EMTALA
Writer, speaker, published peer-reviewed works as an expert in the field recent Federal court rulings as a qualified expert published in Westlaw
• US COURT OF APPEALS considered expert opinions, VACATED AND REMANDED
• Two DOJ retentions, $155 million settlement
• Healthcare IT patents intellectual property Technical Expert, Medicare Damages Expert
• Medical coding medical billing, claims, usual customary and reasonable charges in personal injury and medical malpractice cases, Lifecare plan rebuttal under ACA on the future cost of care, trauma
• Electronic medical record forensics / electronic health record forensics, E.H.R, practice management IT, medical, prescription charges, workman's compensation, insurance fraud
• genetic testing, novel genetic sequencing, esoteric testing, laboratory testing
• HIPAA Privacy, Security, Blockchain special studies MIT
• Affordable Care Act, HITECH Act, electronic medical records, meaningful use, patents, and intellectual property in heal Healt...
David Bano
P/C Insurance. Claims, Sales, Agency, Underwriting
Enterprise Associates LLC
Sarasota, Florida
Insurance, Legal
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Customs Standards Practices, breach, coverage, exclusions, bad faith, extracontractual, automotive, E & O, UI & UIM, class actions, homeowner, wildfire, commercial, catastrophe, excess surplus, Claims Sales Underwriting Agency, SIU, arson, flood, disaster
I began my insurance career as an adjuster-trainee and over 35 years, worked through many assignments to ultimately become Nationwide's first Chief Claims Officer. I was also cross trained in General P/C Management and assigned to large business territories as both a Regional Manager and a State Officer, with full P/L responsibility for Sales/Agents, Underwriting and Claims. Initially, I led the Philadelphia market area and was subsequently promoted to manage the State of Michigan. As a hands-on leader with strong experience in both P/C general management and all aspects of Claims, I offer expertise across the entire Property & Casualty spectrum. Retiring from my role as Chief Claims Officer in 2019, I was responsible for all claims operations countrywide, across all lines of coverage and every business unit. I partnered very closely with General Counsel teams and held decision-making authority over all claims-related litigation, including extracontractual and bad faith situations...
Thomas Collier, Jr
Collier Consultants
Florida
Construction, Premises Liability
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Defects, personal injury, insurance, codes, commercial, residential, accidents, falls, asbestos, ADA, sewer, water, liability, damages, general contractor, fire, flood, contracts, subcontractors, engineer
Highly experienced construction and premises expert. Specializes in large commercial and multi-residential construction disputes and serious bodily injury claims. Has served on over 300 cases as an expert witness and dozens of cases as an arbitrator. 30+ years’ experience as a general contractor and owner/developer focusing on condominiums, roads, sewers, subdivisions, offices and other major construction. Summa Cum Laude/Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of North Carolina.
Consultant (2008-Present): Georgia, North Carolina, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee. Cases include commercial defects and delays, serious personal injuries, multifamily, sewers, roads and drainage, retail, insurance, professional liability, and construction business practices. Approximately equal representation of plaintiffs and defendants.
General Contractor - President of Buckhead Classic (2006 – presen): Projects include defective construction repair, new construction, fire and flood...
Sajel Lala Kana, MD
Expert testimony on DNA analysis and genetics
Miami, Florida
Medical Genetics, Insurance
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Reinsurance, Managed care, Metabolism, Inborn errors of metabolism, Brittle bones, Non-accidental trauma, Osteogenesis imperfecta, Birth defects, Cancer genetics, Prenatal, Genomic Medicine Legal Expert, Genetic Counseling Legal Consultant, Medical Genetics Legal Advisor, DNA analysis legal expert
Dr. Sajel Lala Kana is a distinguished clinical geneticist with extensive expertise in genetics and pediatrics. She is board-certified in Pediatrics by the American Board of Pediatrics (ABP) and in Genetics by the American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ABMGG). With over eleven years of experience in academia and clinical practice, Dr. Kana has successfully led numerous research projects, contributed to high-impact publications, and presented her work at prestigious conferences. She is a Fellow of both the American College of Medical Genetics and the American Academy of Pediatrics. She also has a passion for biotechnology and has consulted with numerous start-ups and industry giants.
Current Roles:
Founder, NotBrands: Dr. Kana has developed a patent-pending supplement, Focused, using her deep subject matter expertise in metabolism. It is now commercially available for purchase (Instagram: @focusedsupp; Website: www.notbrands.com)
Clinical Geneticist, Pediatric Specialist...
Brad A LaPorte
Top Cybersecurity & Information Technology Expert
High Tide Advisors
Juno Beach, Florida
Cybersecurity, Information Technology
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Fraud, Defamation, Analyst, Ransomware, Endpoint, network, cyber, insurance, penetration, testing, malware, computer, breach, managed, risk, vulnerability, crime, threat, attack, hack
Brad A. LaPorte is a cybersecurity and Information Technology consultant and currently serving as a founder of High Tide Advisors. He has over 20+ years of experience as a consultant in the cybersecurity industry spanning various industry segments.
Pior Cases:
Pior cases have involved high profile companies and persons such as Bungie the Video Gaming Division of Sony, SentinelOne, BlackBerry, Red Canary, and the Miami-Dade Mayor Candidate and Influencer Alexander Otaola. Topics have included intellectual property theft, wire fraud, real estate fraud, lack of adherence to cybersecurity best practices and regulations, conflicts of interest, malicious tampering and reverse engineering of software and hardware, interference with business relationships, defamation, and matters involving impersonation with malicious intent.
Career History and Expertise:
Prior to forming High Tide Advisors, he served as a top Gartner Research Analyst, including but not limited to the following spec...
Brent Winans, CPCU, ARM
Clear Advantage Risk Management
Delray Beach, Florida
Insurance, Risk Management
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Insurance Agency Standards, Insurance Agent/Broker Duties, Insurance Agent/Broker Liability, Insurance Agents Errors and Omissions, Insurance Broker Duties, Insurance Errors and Omissions, Insurance Wholesale Broker/MGA Liability, Insurance Agent/Broker Standard of Care, Wholesale Broker Duties
Brent Winans focuses his expert witness practice on insurance agent/broker standard of care cases. . He has served as an expert on approximately 130 agent E&O cases in twenty one states and authors “Expert Commentary” articles on insurance agent E&O for the International Risk Management Institute (IRMI). He teaches a Continuing Legal Education class on insurance agent/broker standard of care which has been approved for one hour of CLE. He holds the CPCU and ARM designations and a Bachelor of Science Degree from Lincoln Christian University. He is licensed as a resident General Lines Insurance Agent in Florida and a non-resident Insurance Producer in New Jersey.
In his 40 years in the insurance industry, he has become expert in the custom and practice of retail and wholesale insurance brokers as viewed from many perspectives. He began his career as a State Farm agent, then became an independent agent. He has worked for small and mid-sized independent agencies as well as one of the w...
Thomas Collier, Jr
Collier Consultants
Atlanta, Georgia
Construction, Premises Liability
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Defects, personal injury, insurance, codes, commercial, residential, accidents, falls, asbestos, ADA, sewer, water, liability, damages, general contractor, fire, flood, contracts, subcontractors, engineer
Highly experienced construction and premises expert. Specializes in large commercial and multi-residential construction disputes and serious bodily injury claims. Has served on over 300 cases as an expert witness and dozens of cases as an arbitrator. 30+ years’ experience as a general contractor and owner/developer focusing on condominiums, roads, sewers, subdivisions, offices and other major construction. Summa Cum Laude/Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of North Carolina.
Consultant (2008-Present): Georgia, North Carolina, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee. Cases include commercial defects and delays, serious personal injuries, multifamily, sewers, roads and drainage, retail, insurance, professional liability, and construction business practices. Approximately equal representation of plaintiffs and defendants.
General Contractor - President of Buckhead Classic (2006 – presen): Projects include defective construction repair, new construction, fire and flood...
Bruce Fredrics, BSM.h, GA-BC, RGA (EGA), CrtGA, CGA, GMGA, MPA, ICEP, AIC, PPIA, ACA, CACP, CCA
International Exclusive INSURANCE CLAIM EXPERT PRO
U. S. Accredited Expert - Claims & Appraisals
Douglasville, Georgia
Insurance, Appraisal & Valuation
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Insurance Claims, Insurance Process, Procedure, Standards, Practices, Protocols, Insurance Appraisal and Umpire, Property and Casualty General Adjuster masterclass, Public and Independent Adjuster, Arbitration, State and Federal Court Qualified Expert, Congressional Rule 26 Qualified, Property Claim
Bruce Fredrics, BSM.h, GA-BC, RGA (EGA), CrtGA, CGA, GMGA, MPA, ICEP, AIC, PPIA, ACA, CACP, CCA, PCLA, LPCS, HCI-R/C, FSRT, WIND-P, CMS, CMI, AMRT, WRT, CPAU, UCC, CPCUcand, CALAc, CCPc, ACPc, CPLA, CPLU, (CFLC)
International INSURANCE CLAIMS TOP EXPERT: Exclusive Elite Expert Emeritus, P & C Masterclass Executive General Adjuster, Expert (Federal and State Court), IICRC, CMR, CC/CL, IAUA, AAA, CLM, AICP, WAPIA, AIGC
Certified: Arbitration, Appraisal, Umpire II, Asbestos, Business Interruption, Fire, Water, Mold, Wind, Earthquake, Roofing, Flood
-- EXPERIENCE: 32+ years’ experience in multi-lines claims including Adjuster-In-Charge, owner of three (3) claims processing firms, and having declined Claims Manager and Regional Management positions. Can process any claim 360°: Commercial Property, Condominium, Construction Defects, Equipment/Mechanical Breakdown, Business Interruption, Residential Dwelling, Manufactured Housing, Sinkhole, Mold, Fire Investigation and Adjustment, Envi...
Joseph J Jaskulski, PE, CFEI, LEED AP
Power and process plant construction & operations
Project Performance Group LLC
Winnetka, Illinois
Energy, Failure Analysis
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Power generation, steam, power plant, operation, turbine, commissioning, solar, performance, insurance, construction, defect, efficiency, turbine, boiler, contractor, design build, EPC, infrastructure, gas, coal
Expert witness on multiple technical and commercial issues in arbitration, state and federal court, and in front of regulatory commission environments. Deep expertise in power plant development, construction, operating and maintenance, and asset management. Numerous evaluations and audits of generating portfolios, including review of business processes and identifying/quantifying improvement opportunities/potential threats. Technologies include coal, oil, natural gas, wood, and waste-fueled facilities, simple and combined cycle power stations, and spark and diesel reciprocating engine-based power plants. Green energy experience, including, wind energy construction, smart grid implementation, building energy conservation measures, battery storage, and both concentrated and photo-voltaic solar generation. Experience extends to large process plants as well.
Experienced in all aspects of infrastructure projects and programs in both the public and private sectors: development, financi...
Raymond W Wills, AIC
Claim Auditing and Premium Analysis Services Company (CAAPASCO)
Woodridge, Illinois
Insurance
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workers' compensation, premium disputes, Best Practices, policy/contract/collateral analysis, retrospective rated policies, deductible policies, experience modification factor, claim evaluations, policy side agreements, reserving, return to work, payroll audit, classification codes
Raymond Wills began his insurance career in 1976. He is an insurance professional with a vast knowledge base and extensive command of the insurance industry that has included workers’ compensation, general liability, product liability, professional liability and run-off claims. He was formerly a member of a risk management and consulting firm that provided third party administration for a self-insured workers’ compensation pool which was able to obtain an A.M. Best rating of (A-) that may have been the only pooling arrangement in the United States with such a rating. As a Risk Manager, Consultant and Expert Witness, Mr. Wills has performed extensive insurance program reviews and claim audits on a national basis, with testimony provided when required, for clients pertaining to various issues that have included, but were not limited to:
• Premium disputes and monetary damages sustained by the insured/employer related to retrospective, deductible and guaranteed cost insurance program...
Michael S. Nirenberg, D.P.M.
Foot/Ankle Expert - Clinical & Forensic Podiatrist
Clinical and Forensic Podiatrist
Crown Point, Indiana
Podiatry, Foot & Ankle Surgery
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Podiatrist, Foot Surgery, Ankle Surgery, Personal Injury, Foot Injury, Workers Compensation, Foot Surgery Malpractice, Podiatry, Amputation, Foot, Ankle Injury, Ankle, Diabetes, Orthopedic, Insurance, Podiatrist Malpractice, Orthopedic surgery, Orthopedic Surgeon, Gait, Criminal
Dr. Nirenberg is among a handful of clinical and forensic podiatrists. This rare skill-set, and his 32+ years of experience in private practice, provides for sharp insight into most foot or ankle matters.
His expertise has been sought by law enforcement in criminal matters, including homicides, and also by attorneys, including the Department of Justice, for a wide range of issues related to the foot/ankle, including personal injury, medical malpractice, Workers’ Compensation, insurance/billing, motor vehicle accidents, pedicure injury and patent infringement.
Dr. Nirenberg has served as an invited peer reviewer for scientific journals, including The Lancet, one of the highest rated medical journals. He’s also President of the American Society of Forensic Podiatry and is a co-editor of the textbook “Forensic Gait Analysis: Principles and Practice,” published by Taylor & Francis CRC Press.
• Podiatry/podiatrist malpractice, including blood clot, CRPS, nerve injury, arthr...
William J. Warfel, PhD, CPCU, CLU
Indiana State University/ Warfel Consulting
Terre Haute, Indiana
Insurance, Risk Management
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Claims Handling, Insurance Agent/Broker Liability, Insurance Bad Faith, Insurance Contracts, Insurance Practices & Standards, Insurance-Bad Faith, Property & Casualty Insurance, Underwriting Practices
Number of Expert Reports Drafted in the Last 4 Years: 22
Specialize in breach of contract, bad faith, and agent/broker liability, and underwriting issues. Have been retained in about 100 cases by attorneys who represent policyholders, insurance agents, insurers, and third parties. Experience includes actual courtroom and arbitration testimony, as well as deposition testimony in numerous cases. Have been retained in cases involving commercial general liability, garage operations- auto only liability, umbrella liability, trucker's liability, underinsured/ uninsured motorists liability, personal auto, homeowners, commercial auto, commercial property, business income, individual life, medical expense, and disability, professional liability, employee dishonesty, worker compensation, inland marine insurance policies, and trade credit insurance policies. Have also been retained in cases involving an indemnification agreement, and the additional insured endorsement. Finally, have been ret...
Jerod Allen, PA, CC, XCT, CGA, AINS
Allen Claims, Inc.
Kansas
Insurance, Dispute Resolution
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Claim Consultant, Public Adjuster, Insurance, Estimation, Valuation, Building Loss Consultants, Xactimate, Insurances Losses, Umpire, ADR, Independent Adjuster, Hurricane, Mediation, Appraisal, Commercial Property, Residential Property, Hail Claims, Freeze Water Claims, Complex Claims, Fire Claims
Insurance Claims and Building Estimate Expert
Certified General Adjuster, Xactimate Certified Trainer, Building Loss Consultant, Claims Expert and Claims Trainer.
* Experienced Retained Expert Witness with Trial & Deposition Experience
* 15 years+ in field inspecting, adjusting and/or estimating losses for insurance claims, build back, and liability.
documenting, overwatch of claims, claim review, reconciliation to move claims forward towards
indemnification, utilizing policy interpretation for proper claims settlement.
* Rebuild loss locations for partial & total losses providing perspective as to the value of the scope and claim amount.
* Umpire for claims losses providing a professionalism non-biased discipline goaled toward
accurate & comprehensive settlement via Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR).
* Expert witness – Provided opinion about scope, build back, construction scheduling, damages
sustained vs pre-existing, estimate review, & analysis for cause of loss determination...
John D. Lavin, CCM
AccuWeather for Business
Wichita, Kansas
Meteorology, Slip Trip & Fall
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Insurance, Construction, Wrongful Death, Slip and Fall, Accident Reconstruction, Wildfires, Hail, High Wind, Tornadoes, Fog, Visibility, Rainfall, Flooding, Roof Damage, Lightning, Insurance Claims, Snow, Ice, Weather
John Lavin is the Director of Forensic Services and a Certified Consulting Meteorologist (CCM) at AccuWeather. John leads a team of highly qualified expert meteorologists practicing forensic meteorology for over 40 years. AccuWeather is a recognized global leader in the weather industry and has been operating since 1962. It is likely a jury already has a positive relationship using AccuWeather as their trusted source for weather information through our mobile application, accuweather.com, and the AccuWeather Network
John has over ten years of professional meteorology experience working directly with many Fortune 500 companies on critical weather-related decisions. John has worked on many forensic cases involving hail and wind verification, slip and falls, auto accidents, and wrongful death suits. John's experience working directly with businesses translates well as an expert witness, communicating complex meteorological topics to non-scientists.
Rick Bingham
Glynloen Insurance Consulting
Alexandria, Kentucky
Insurance, Risk Management
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bad faith, claims, claim handling, reserves, bad-faith, unfair claims settlement practices, third party administrator, reinsurance, notice, asbestos, extra contractual, receivership, claims management, liquidation, environmental, property and casualty, reserve adequacy, market conduct examination
Throughout his career, Mr. Bingham served as a senior claims manager for 3 major property casualty carriers: CNA, the Hartford, and USF&G. As a seasoned senior level Insurance, Reinsurance, Regulatory and Run-Off Practitioner with 4 decades of industry, consulting, and receivership experience, Mr. Bingham possesses a demonstrated ability to analyze complex insurance-related matters in fast paced and evolving environments. Mr. Bingham’s credentials as subject matter expert have been accepted in both state and federal courts across the country.
Mr. Bingham has demonstrated an understanding and command of claims handling practices, reinsurance policies, and regulatory and run-off issues of the highest complexity. His wealth of experience in the handling of claims, claims management, regulatory compliance, drafting expert reports, and testifying in complex litigation have made him an asset to businesses and attorneys throughout the United States.
As a past recipient of the Cert...
Randy Gray, CHST, CSHM, GSP, OHST, BS, MS
Grayhawk Advantage, Inc., dba. Grayhawk Safety & Health Consulting Company
Benton, Kentucky
OSHA, Safety
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OSHA, Industrial Accidents, Safety, Industrial Hygiene, Loss Control, Risk Management, Slip Trip & Fall, Construction Accidents, Manufacturing Accidents, Insurance, Investigations
Mr. Gray provides expert witness services in defense and plaintiff litigation matters, safety and health on-site audits, customized OSHA safety and health training, OSHA 10 and 30-hour construction and general industry training, and assistance for employers who have been issued citations that they need assistance with obtaining better citation settlement agreements and working in conjunction with legal counsel with litigation assistance contesting OSHA citations.
Highly-experienced OSHA Forensic Expert Witness with 75 separate fatality and more than 150 non-fatal work-related accidents.
25+ years of OSHA compliance with 29 CFR regulations related to construction and general industry.
8 years of private Safety and Health Consulting specializing in Defense and Plaintiff's occupational injuries, conducting safety and health audits, Authorized OSHA Outreach Trainer for construction and general industry, and employer assistance with settlement of OSHA citations, and testifying in O...
Randal Thompson
Building Damage Consultants
Covington, Louisiana
Building Inspection, Insurance
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Property Damage, Insurance Adjusting, Public Insurance Adjusting, Property Damage Consulting, Damage Consulting, Property Damage Appraisal, Appraiser, Fire Damage, Wind Damage, Hail Damage, Estimating, Insurance Estimating, Insurance Adjusting Practices, Insurance Claims, Property Insurance Claims
For 18 years, I have been focusing on the disaster recovery and insurance space. After Hurricane Katrina in 2005, I started with a New Orleans based disaster mitigation & remediation company. Later, I ran my own construction company, reconstructing hurricane-damaged homes. I became an Insurance Adjuster in 2010, handling disaster claims nationwide. Eventually, I managed complex, litigated claims across the country and earned an LPCS designation. In 2019, I became a Public Insurance Adjuster and Appraiser, working catastrophe claims from Hurricanes Laura, Delta, Zeta, and Ida and daily disaster claims including fires, plumbing leaks, hail damage etc.. I expanded services to include Property Damage Appraisals and Expert Witness Consulting. My mission remains devoted to serving the community and ensuring just indemnification for individuals and businesses.
K. David Meit, CPM®, ARM®, GRI®
Property Management Standard of Care Expert
Oculus Realty, AMO®
Gaithersburg, Maryland
Real Estate, Premises Liability
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property management, real estate management, subrogation, risk management, maintenance, property operations, facilities, premises liability, insurance, apartments, multifamily, slip, fall, property damage, building management, property loss, lead paint, mold, carbon monoxide, CO
An accomplished and qualified expert witness. Provides unbiased assessments and expert testimony for both Plaintiff and Defense in property management standard of care, premises liability, real estate partnerships, and related legal disputes. Expert opinions are based on professional experience, academic training, research and the facts of each case.
An award-winning real estate executive with over thirty years of experience managing portfolios of conventional and rent-regulated multifamily, mixed-use, and retail properties in both suburban and urban markets. Experienced manager of all classes of property, from a tax credit to ultra-luxury. Skilled at developing best-in-class property management operating teams and preserving and enhancing value through operations. Institute of Real Estate Management accredited Certified Property Manager®, Accredited Residential Manager®, and Graduate, Real Estate Institute through National Association of Realtors®.
Founder and Principal of Oculu...
Amy L. Natoli, CPM®, RPA®
Natoli Property Management Consulting
Crofton, Maryland
Premises Liability, Real Estate
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Property management, risk management, maintenance, property operations, insurance, slip and fall, facilities, premises liability, property damage, lease administration, facility management, due diligence, asset management, property inspections, standards of care
Amy Natoli is an award-winning Property Management expert with over twenty years of hands-on experience managing commercial real estate properties. She is experienced in standards of care, budgeting and asset management, lease administration, property inspections, parking garage maintenance and inspections, vendor and contract management, life safety systems compliance, and risk management.
She is active with the Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM), serving nationally as a Governing Councillor and as Chairperson of the Instructor Advisory Council. At the local level, she is a Maryland Chapter Board of Directors member, Vice Chair of the Region 3 Education Committee, and an Ethics instructor.
Paul F Amoruso, CPCU
Mattapoisett, Massachusetts
Insurance
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Insurance Casualty, Insurance Operations, Bad Faith, Insurance Agencies, Claims Handling, Case Value, Insurance Personal, Pre and Post Litigation Management, Workers' Compensation, State Government Reviews of Insurance, Reserves, Insurance Ethics, Casualty Insurance
Mr. Amoruso has given expert witness testimony to identify issues related to bad and good faith claims procedures, providing guidance for pre and post litigation management. In addition, he offers client orientated assistance in relation to accepted claims practices, and provides insight on claim issues to law firms. He also offers evaluations related to workers compensation case management, insurance company procedures, guidance for proper claims handling practices, reviews for State government on insurance company conduct, and advice on issues concerning insurance companies and insurance
agents.
Stephen Miller, CPCU, AIC
Miller Claims & Risk Associates, LLC
Northbridge, Massachusetts
Insurance, Risk Management
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Claims Standard of Care, Bad Faith, Nuclear Verdicts, Claims Use of AI, Coverages, Failure to Investigate, Failure to Defend, Failure to Settle, Primary v Excess, Duties to Excess Tower, Third Party Administrators, Insurer Processes
Steve, with over 30 years of experience in the property-casualty insurance industry, offers his services as a consultant/testifying expert witness on matters involving claims practices and norms, standards of care, bad faith, coverage analysis and litigation management. During the course of his career, he has directly adjusted, supervised, managed and/or mediated in over 40 states and the District of Columbia.
Steve's deep carrier experience encompasses bodily injury claims, property damage, personal and advertising injury, uninsured and underinsured motorists, subrogation and bad faith/extra contractual liability. He has experience in policy analysis, internal carrier processes, performance metrics, vendor management and litigation management. Steve has worked extensively with third party administrators and self-insureds in "unbundled" claims environments. His clients have ranged from individuals to Fortune 100 companies with large self-insured retentions and large exposures....
Donald D. Stafford, MBA
Stafford Claims Consulting, LLC
Marshfield, Massachusetts
Insurance, Appraisal & Valuation
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Appraiser Personal Property, Personal Property Appraisal, Personal Property Depreciation, Contents Best Practices, Insurance Appraisal, Contents Claims Practice, Contents Depreciation Practices, Contents Estimating, Coverage C Consulting, Contents Subrogation Disputes, Contents Damage Claims
My work with insurance property claims related matters for over 30 years has positioned me to speak in an expert capacity regarding the valuation of personal property and commercial contents as related to insurance claims settlement and in other matters requiring valuation expertise.
During my career, I have had the opportunity to assist insurance adjusters in the preparation and resolution of well over 1 million contents claims. My education and unique level of experience, accumulated over a career spanning 37 years, has allowed me to develop specialized technical knowledge and skill in contents valuation and insurance claims practice. This enables me to render expert findings, fair and impartial opinions, using research and valuation methods generally accepted in this field of endeavor.
Whether in Deposition, Testimony at Trial, or in Written Report for the consideration of the court, I deliver an objective analysis and evaluation of the evidence presented in any particular cas...
Jerod Allen, PA, CC, XCT, CGA, AINS
Allen Claims, Inc.
Kansas City, Missouri
Insurance, Dispute Resolution
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Claim Consultant, Public Adjuster, Insurance, Estimation, Valuation, Building Loss Consultants, Xactimate, Insurances Losses, Umpire, ADR, Independent Adjuster, Hurricane, Mediation, Appraisal, Commercial Property, Residential Property, Hail Claims, Freeze Water Claims, Complex Claims, Fire Claims
Insurance Claims and Building Estimate Expert
Certified General Adjuster, Xactimate Certified Trainer, Building Loss Consultant, Claims Expert and Claims Trainer.
* Experienced Retained Expert Witness with Trial & Deposition Experience
* 15 years+ in field inspecting, adjusting and/or estimating losses for insurance claims, build back, and liability.
documenting, overwatch of claims, claim review, reconciliation to move claims forward towards
indemnification, utilizing policy interpretation for proper claims settlement.
* Rebuild loss locations for partial & total losses providing perspective as to the value of the scope and claim amount.
* Umpire for claims losses providing a professionalism non-biased discipline goaled toward
accurate & comprehensive settlement via Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR).
* Expert witness – Provided opinion about scope, build back, construction scheduling, damages
sustained vs pre-existing, estimate review, & analysis for cause of loss determination...
Marc A LeBeau, PhD, F-ABFT
Renowned Forensic Toxicologist - Former FBI
LeBeau Forensic Toxicology Consulting
O'Fallon, Missouri
Toxicology, Forensic Science
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alcohol, drugs, rape, driver, injury, insurance, fbi, standards, osac, speaker, poison, testing, drug-facilitated, assault
Dr. Marc LeBeau is a renowned, board-certified toxicologist with over 35 years of experience, primarily at the FBI Laboratory in Quantico, Virginia. He specializes in drug and alcohol-facilitated crimes, poisonings, and postmortem investigations, offering consultation services and testimonial support in civil cases. Dr. LeBeau holds a bachelor's degree in chemistry and criminal justice, a master's in forensic science, and a doctorate in toxicology. He has testified in various courts across the United States. He is an active member of numerous scientific organizations, having held leadership roles in several, including The International Association of Forensic Toxicologists (TIAFT) and the Society of Forensic Toxicologists (SOFT). He has significantly contributed to advancing forensic sciences, serving on multiple national commissions and working groups. Dr. LeBeau has received several prestigious awards, including the FBI Director’s Award for Outstanding Scientific Advancement and t...
Michael F Arrigo
Medical billing, fraud, HIPAA privacy, FMV
No World Borders
Nevada
Medical Billing, HIPAA
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Medical billing, Patents trade secrets, electronic medical records, Medicare fraud, medical billing fraud, qui tam false claims act fraud Usual Customary Reasonable (UCR), Meaningful Use Electronic Health Records, HITECH Act, Affordable Care Act, Medicare Advantage, Medicaid, insurance, CRPS, EMTALA
Writer, speaker, published peer-reviewed works as an expert in the field recent Federal court rulings as a qualified expert published in Westlaw
• US COURT OF APPEALS considered expert opinions, VACATED AND REMANDED
• Two DOJ retentions, $155 million settlement
• Healthcare IT patents intellectual property Technical Expert, Medicare Damages Expert
• Medical coding medical billing, claims, usual customary and reasonable charges in personal injury and medical malpractice cases, Lifecare plan rebuttal under ACA on the future cost of care, trauma
• Electronic medical record forensics / electronic health record forensics, E.H.R, practice management IT, medical, prescription charges, workman's compensation, insurance fraud
• genetic testing, novel genetic sequencing, esoteric testing, laboratory testing
• HIPAA Privacy, Security, Blockchain special studies MIT
• Affordable Care Act, HITECH Act, electronic medical records, meaningful use, patents, and intellectual property in heal Healt...
Ramzi Asfour, MD
Praxis Infectious Diseases
Henderson, Nevada
Infectious Diseases, Internal Medicine
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COVID-19, nursing homes, long term care, sepsis, necrotizing fasciitis, infections, surgical site infections, infection control, antimicrobial stewardship, consulting, insurance, case review, medical malpractice, standards of care, bacterial or viral infections, outbreak management
Ramzi Asfour, MD, is board certified in Infectious Diseases and Internal Medicine, and Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine (Volunteer) at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF).
In addition to his 20+ years of extensive private practice, Dr. Asfour has privileges at five California hospitals (Alameda County Medical Center, Alameda Hospital, Sutter Lakeside Hospital, Sutter Eden Medical Center, and Mammoth Hospital).
Dr. Asfour has worked for the World Health Organization in Geneva in the HIV / AIDS department, developing training programs for doctors in HIV.
In addition to his clinical practice, Dr. Asfour also advises hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, schools, and businesses on infection control, including outbreak control and COVID-19, and antimicrobial stewardship.
Dr. Asfour has experience working with both plaintiff and defense attorneys to provide clear, independent opinions on matters involving:
Medical malpractice, standards of care, sepsis, necr...
Paul W Burkett, JD, CPCU, CIC, ARM,CRM, ALCM
Snoaspen Insurance Group, Inc.
Reno, Nevada
Insurance, Risk Management
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Insurance Company Good and Bad Faith Expert Witness, Agent/Broker Standard of Care Expert Witness, Insurance Industry Custom and Practices Expert Witness, Risk Management Consulting and Expert Witness, Business Contract Insurance Clause Analysis and Application Expert Witness, Ins.Claims Dispute
Paul Burkett is the President and CEO of Snoaspen Insurance Group, Inc. Paul began his career as a Loss Control Representative for SAFECO Insurance Company after serving as an Officer in the United States Air Force. During his career with SAFECO, Paul served as a Loss Control Supervisor, Loss Control Manager, Commercial Sales Representative, Division Commercial Lines Underwriting Manager, and Regional Workers Compensation Manager. From Safeco Insurance Company, Paul worked for Frank B. Hall & Company as a Vice President in charge of Risk Management Services. Paul was responsible for design and implementation of alternative insurance programs such as pools, self-insurance, and captives. From Frank B. Hall, Paul assisted in establishing the Meadowbrook of Colorado office and focused on developing specialized group programs. Paul assisted in establishing TUITIONGard which specialized in coverage for private student loans provided through banks in the United States.
Alan J Besnoff, CFP, ChFC, CLU
Securities Expert Witness & Litigation Support, LLC
Fremont, New Hampshire
Securities & Investments, Insurance
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Mutual Funds, Annuities, Financial Planning, Life Insurance, Long Term Care Insurance, FINRA, Misrepresentation, Asset Allocation, Retirement Plans, Unauthorized Trading, Suitability, churning, Supervision, Employment, U-5, Variable Annuities, Alternative Investments, CFP, Fiduciary Duty, IRAs
Alan J. Besnoff, CFP, ChFC, CLU is the founder of Securities Expert Witness & Litigation Support, LLC, and provides litigation consulting services and expert testimony for matters involving customer disputes and employment issues within the financial services industry.
Mr. Besnoff’s expert engagements typically involve sales practices and violations of rules and industry standards in the areas of securities, life insurance and annuities, supervisory, and U-5/employment matters.
Mr. Besnoff has been engaged as an expert in more than 130 cases and has testified approximately 30 times.
Alan Besnoff has 30+ years of experience within the industry, primarily in supervisory and leadership positions.
Mr. Besnoff has passed FINRA registration examinations for Series 6, 63, 65, 7, 26, and 24, as well as state licensing examinations for Life Insurance & Annuities, Disability Insurance, Long Term Care Insurance, Variable Life Insurance and Variable Annuities.
Professional designations...
Michael F Arrigo
Medical billing, fraud, HIPAA privacy, FMV
No World Borders
New Jersey
Medical Billing, HIPAA
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Medical billing, Patents trade secrets, electronic medical records, Medicare fraud, medical billing fraud, qui tam false claims act fraud Usual Customary Reasonable (UCR), Meaningful Use Electronic Health Records, HITECH Act, Affordable Care Act, Medicare Advantage, Medicaid, insurance, CRPS, EMTALA
Writer, speaker, published peer-reviewed works as an expert in the field recent Federal court rulings as a qualified expert published in Westlaw
• US COURT OF APPEALS considered expert opinions, VACATED AND REMANDED
• Two DOJ retentions, $155 million settlement
• Healthcare IT patents intellectual property Technical Expert, Medicare Damages Expert
• Medical coding medical billing, claims, usual customary and reasonable charges in personal injury and medical malpractice cases, Lifecare plan rebuttal under ACA on the future cost of care, trauma
• Electronic medical record forensics / electronic health record forensics, E.H.R, practice management IT, medical, prescription charges, workman's compensation, insurance fraud
• genetic testing, novel genetic sequencing, esoteric testing, laboratory testing
• HIPAA Privacy, Security, Blockchain special studies MIT
• Affordable Care Act, HITECH Act, electronic medical records, meaningful use, patents, and intellectual property in heal Healt...
Charles W. Bowden, CLU, ChFC
FSP
Smithville, New Jersey
Insurance, Financial
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Life Insurance, Health Insurance, Disability Insurance, Financial Planning, Life Insurance Funding, Policy Valuation
Following graduation from Lehigh University, Charlie entered the insurance industry as an Employee Benefit Specialist. In addition to his thirty plus years of experience, he has achieved both industry recognized designations of Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU) and Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC). As a Qualified Continuing Education Instructor, he teaches other licensed insurance professionals about the changing structure of the income and estate tax code, and planning strategies. Additionally, Charlie uses his experience to provide expert testimony in State and Federal Court. Charlie is a member of the Society for Financial Service Professionals, as well as a past member of their Board Authority of Directors. He maintains registration with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). He is an investment Advisor Representative (IAR). As of August 2022 Retired as a Register Representative but am maintaining all insurance licensing.
Key Coleman, CPA, CFA, CPCU
Litigation Economic & Forensic Consulting Group LLC
New Jersey
Insurance, Business Damages
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Economic Damages Expert Witness, General Business Damages, Accounting, Agent/Broker, Employment, Insurance Damages Expert Witness, Lost Profits, Reinsurance Damages, Underwriting, Claims, Force Placed, Managing General Agency MGA/TPA Exams, PEOs, Agent Errors & Omissions E&O, Commercial Disputes
Key Coleman is a damages expert, who works in a variety of industries. For more than 27 years, Key has focused his efforts on forensics, disputes, economic damages and expert testimony. Key's background is unusual in that he has a deep understanding of many of the functional areas that lead to disputes, including: sales, operations, accounting and finance.
One of Key's specialties is the analysis of damages in insurance or reinsurance disputes. He is one of the few experts nationwide who hold both the CPA and the CPCU designations.
Key serves clients nationwide from Greater Philadelphia, but spent the bulk of his career in Chicago where he held high level positions at Grant Thornton LLP and LECG/Smart in their disputes practice. Prior to that, he was a Partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, where for more than 11 years he performed forensic dispute analysis, damages analysis and investigative work. Prior to his consulting career, Key worked more than eight years for an insur...
Kym Martell, CRM, CIC, AAI, CRIS, MLIS
KM Associates
Allenhurst, New Jersey
Insurance, Risk Management
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Agent/Broker Duties & Responsibilities, Insurance Errors & Omissions, E&O, Standards of Care, Insurance, Personal Lines, Commercial Lines, Property & Casualty, Property/Liability, Insurance Coverage Disputes
38 years’ experience as an insurance & risk management professional with a diverse background in both agency and company operations. In 1995, I began my own training and consulting firm specializing in training for property & casualty professionals.
Practice includes continuing education training, specialized training programs, E&O loss control audits, E&O loss control training, Performance Coaching, and Expert witness & litigation support services.
Speaker and presenter for various professional and private organizations on property and casualty insurance, errors & omissions, national certification programs, Accredited Customer Service Representative (ACSR), Construction Risk Specialist (CRIS), Accredited Advisor of Insurance (AAI), including Big I NJ, and IIABA, as an approved instructor to facilitate E&O Risk Management Program.
Marianne Santarelli
Marianne Santarelli, Safety, Industrial Hygiene and Environmental Consulting Services LLC
Basking Ridge, New Jersey
Safety, Industrial Hygiene
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Construction, Research and Development, Environmental, Occupational Health, Noise, Accident Investigations, Risk Management, Fatality Investigations, ISO Management Systems, Insurance, Emergency Management, Drug/Alcohol Use Management, Behavioral Management, Training, Contractor Safety, Owners Rep
A highly experienced, Environmental, Health and Safety professional, Certified Industrial Hygienist and Certified Safety Professional, with applied comprehensive skills, a strong commitment to excellence and progressive functional managerial experience with a specialization in the arena of Global EH&S Management Systems. Technical proficiencies in industrial hygiene, safety and environmental disciplines, regulatory compliance analyses, product EH&S program development, permitting, training, ergonomics, EH&S audit and gap analysis, corrective action development, risk management analysis, workers compensation claims management and wellness programs and construction EH&S within a multitude of manufacturing, construction, research and development, governmental and administrative environments.
Owner/President – 2021-present- Marianne Santarelli Safety, Industrial Hygiene and Environmental Consulting Services, LLC
• A full-service Safety, Occupational Health and Environmental Consultin...
Frank Seigel, CPCU
Insurance Agent/Broker Expert Witness
Ringwood Consulting Group, Inc.
Allamuchy, New Jersey
Insurance, Risk Management
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Agent/Broker, Broker Duties, Agent/Broker Duties & Responsibilities, Agent/Company Relations, Bad Faith, Coverage, Errors & Omissions, E&O, Coverage Disputes, Excess/Surplus, Surplus Lines, Casualty, Property, Life, Health, Disability, Contractual Disputes, Arbitration, Mediation, Standards of Care
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
• Past President, New Jersey Chapter Society of CPCU
• Current and Past President, Independent Insurance Agents of Essex County, Inc.
• Past President, Surplus Lines Association of New Jersey, Inc. (NJSLA)
• Former Member, New Jersey Department of Insurance Committee Education
• Former Member, Grading Panel for the Insurance Institute of America
• Former Arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association.
• Panelist, ABA Conference on Banking and Insurance
• Attendee, New Jersey Conference on ECRA
• Guest Speaker and Presenter for various professional, academic, and civic groups including New Jersey Chapter CPCU, Independent Insurance Agents, Seton Hall University Continuing Education Department, National Association of Insurance Women (NAIW), Local Rotaries, and Insurance Service Office (ISO)
• NJ State Approved Volunteer Mediator for Municipal Court Matters
• Member, Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS)
• Member, National Association of Prof...
David R. Mitchell, CPCU, CIC, MBA, MA.HR, SPHR, SHRM-SCP
Insurance Standard of Care Expert
Ideal Insurance Agency
New Mexico
Insurance
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insurance standard of care, insurance coverage, insurance bad faith, workers compensation, human resources, property and casualty insurance, life insurance, disability insurance, long term care insurance, cyber insurance, auto insurance, home insurance, business insurance
David Mitchell (“David”) has held an Arizona Property and Casualty License since 1980 and Life and Health license since 1988. He has held the Certified Insurance Counselor (hereinafter “CIC”) for over thirty years. David has attended over five hundred hours of classroom instruction with CIC primarily involving insurance policies.
In addition, David completed his Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (“CPCU”) in 2022. The CPCU designation consists of eight parts and in the opinion of many as the highest professional property/casualty designation in the insurance industry. David holds a bachelor's in business management, a master's degree in business administration (MBA) and a master's degree in human resources.
David has been an owner and insurance producer for over 40 years and teaches insurance producers in continuing education.
David has consulted on over 65 cases as an insurance consultant and/or expert witness. The cases have primarily involved standard of care and covera...
Paul J. Angelides, PE
Paul J. Angelides, P.E., P.C.
Melville, New York
Engineering, Forensic Science
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Forensic Engineering, Building Structures and Systems, Structural Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Foundations, HVAC, Plumbing, Electrical, Construction, Construction Defects, Investigations, Fires, Floods, Insurance, Property Casualty, Disaster Recovery, Premises Liability
Expert Engineering Staff with Interdisciplinary Experience
Client base consists of Insurance Professionals, Building Owners, and Attorneys representing Plaintiff's and Defendants.
Retained as Experts in Over 10,000 cases.
National Academy of Forensic Engineers
Certified Safety Professional
Certified Fire and Explosion Investigator
National Society of Professional Engineers
American Society of Civil Engineers
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
OSHA and Suspended Scaffold Certifications
New York City Special Inspection Agency
Licensed in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Florida, US Virgin Islands
Qualified as Experts in State Supreme and Federal Courts
FAA Certified Drone Pilot
Michael F Arrigo
Medical billing, fraud, HIPAA privacy, FMV
No World Borders
New York
Medical Billing, HIPAA
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Medical billing, Patents trade secrets, electronic medical records, Medicare fraud, medical billing fraud, qui tam false claims act fraud Usual Customary Reasonable (UCR), Meaningful Use Electronic Health Records, HITECH Act, Affordable Care Act, Medicare Advantage, Medicaid, insurance, CRPS, EMTALA
Writer, speaker, published peer-reviewed works as an expert in the field recent Federal court rulings as a qualified expert published in Westlaw
• US COURT OF APPEALS considered expert opinions, VACATED AND REMANDED
• Two DOJ retentions, $155 million settlement
• Healthcare IT patents intellectual property Technical Expert, Medicare Damages Expert
• Medical coding medical billing, claims, usual customary and reasonable charges in personal injury and medical malpractice cases, Lifecare plan rebuttal under ACA on the future cost of care, trauma
• Electronic medical record forensics / electronic health record forensics, E.H.R, practice management IT, medical, prescription charges, workman's compensation, insurance fraud
• genetic testing, novel genetic sequencing, esoteric testing, laboratory testing
• HIPAA Privacy, Security, Blockchain special studies MIT
• Affordable Care Act, HITECH Act, electronic medical records, meaningful use, patents, and intellectual property in heal Healt...
Frederick J Fisher, J.D., CCP
Fisher Consulting Group, Inc.
New York
Insurance, Business Operations
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Professional Liability, Standard of Care, Insurance Bad Faith, Insurance Brokers, Real Estate Brokers, Escrow Procedures, Mortgage Brokers, Claims Procedures, Claims Made Insurance
Frederick J. Fisher, J.D. is the President of Fisher Consulting Group, Inc., and was the Founder of E.L.M. Insurance Brokers, a Wholesale & MGA facility specializing in Professional Liability and Specialty Line risks. He is a Member of the Editorial Board for Agents of America; a Faculty Member of the Claims College, and Member of the Executive Council, School of Professional Lines as sponsored by the Claims & Litigation Management Alliance. He is a course designer and webinar Instructor for the Academy of Insurance (sponsored by the Insurance Journal).
Since his career began, Mr. Fisher focused on one vision: providing financial security to the client. The result was a successful 41 year career in Specialty Lines Insurance. In 1975, Mr. Fisher began his career on the service side, as an Independent E&O claims adjuster. In 1982, he bought the Company, continued with claims, while expanding the firm’s services to include qualitative claim auditing, risk management & loss contro...
Brad A LaPorte
Top Cybersecurity & Information Technology Expert
High Tide Advisors
New York
Cybersecurity, Information Technology
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Fraud, Defamation, Analyst, Ransomware, Endpoint, network, cyber, insurance, penetration, testing, malware, computer, breach, managed, risk, vulnerability, crime, threat, attack, hack
Brad A. LaPorte is a cybersecurity and Information Technology consultant and currently serving as a founder of High Tide Advisors. He has over 20+ years of experience as a consultant in the cybersecurity industry spanning various industry segments.
Pior Cases:
Pior cases have involved high profile companies and persons such as Bungie the Video Gaming Division of Sony, SentinelOne, BlackBerry, Red Canary, and the Miami-Dade Mayor Candidate and Influencer Alexander Otaola. Topics have included intellectual property theft, wire fraud, real estate fraud, lack of adherence to cybersecurity best practices and regulations, conflicts of interest, malicious tampering and reverse engineering of software and hardware, interference with business relationships, defamation, and matters involving impersonation with malicious intent.
Career History and Expertise:
Prior to forming High Tide Advisors, he served as a top Gartner Research Analyst, including but not limited to the following spec...
Ty R Sagalow, JD, LLM
Innovation Insurance Group, LLC
Syosset, New York
Insurance
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Professional Liability Insurance, D&O Liability Insurance, Management Liability Insurance, E&O Insurance, Cyber Insurance, Property Insurance, Casualty Insurance, P&C Insurance Financial Lines Insurance, bad faith, underwriting, claims, policyholder, Insurance, EPLI Insurance, Directors, Officers
Mr. Sagalow is a well known expert in insurance disputes representing both the policyholder and insurance carrier. He has been retained by most of the largest law firms on "both sides of the aisle." As of April 2024 he has been retained over 150 times (across over 50 different firms) , testified over 60 times including at trial, arbitration and court hearings. While Mr. Sagalow has been retained for a wide variety of insurance matters, his expertise is especially sought after in Financial Lines cases including directors and officers (D&O) insurance and professional liability (E&O) insurance .
Mr. Sagalow has been successful in obtaining his policyholder clients over a billion dollars in recoveries as well as successfully saving for his insurance carrier clients hundreds of millions of dollars via successful declaratory judgment actions or trial verdicts.
Mr. Sagalow is a 40 year insurance veteran having held the most senior positions in many insurance companies including at ...
Jeremy Starr, FSA. MAAA
Jeremy Starr Consulting LLC
New York, New York
Actuarial, Insurance
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life reinsurance, Yearly Renewable Term rate increases, Recapture disputes, life reinsurance coverage issues, reinsurance manager underwriting authority disputes, life reinsurance regulatory issues, life insurance securitization, financial reinsurance, surplus relief, administrative reinsurance
Over 45 years of experience in life (re)insurance practice. Created and ran a reinsurance acquisition division for Fortune 250 company. Managing Director working on life insurance securitizations for a major investment bank. Company roles have included senior officer in charge of reinsurance pricing and/or valuation. Actively lobbied insurance regulators on life reinsurance issues and was chief life reinsurance industry company lobbyist when chair of the American Council of Life Insurers’ Reinsurance Committee from 1999-2000. Chair of the Reinsurance Section of the Society of Actuaries and Chair of a reinsurance committee at the Academy of Actuaries. Chair of task forces that wrote an actuarial standard on life, annuity, and health reinsurance financial reporting and a second that wrote a practice note on credit for reinsurance. Author of the reinsurance chapter in the Society of Actuaries textbook “International Financial Reporting for Insurers.” Experience includes over a dozen ca...
Thomas Collier, Jr
Collier Consultants
North Carolina
Construction, Premises Liability
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Defects, personal injury, insurance, codes, commercial, residential, accidents, falls, asbestos, ADA, sewer, water, liability, damages, general contractor, fire, flood, contracts, subcontractors, engineer
Highly experienced construction and premises expert. Specializes in large commercial and multi-residential construction disputes and serious bodily injury claims. Has served on over 300 cases as an expert witness and dozens of cases as an arbitrator. 30+ years’ experience as a general contractor and owner/developer focusing on condominiums, roads, sewers, subdivisions, offices and other major construction. Summa Cum Laude/Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of North Carolina.
Consultant (2008-Present): Georgia, North Carolina, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee. Cases include commercial defects and delays, serious personal injuries, multifamily, sewers, roads and drainage, retail, insurance, professional liability, and construction business practices. Approximately equal representation of plaintiffs and defendants.
General Contractor - President of Buckhead Classic (2006 – presen): Projects include defective construction repair, new construction, fire and flood...
Gary R. Garcia
Charlotte, North Carolina
Insurance, Risk Management
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Property & Casualty Insurance, Business Insurance, Underwriting, Insurance Coverage, Alternative Risk, Loss Sensitive Rating Programs, Self-Insurance, Umbrella Insurance, Excess Insurance, Reinsurance, Managing General Agents
Gary spent his entire career with insurance carriers, and all job roles included underwriting as part or total responsibility. He served in various Home Office and Field management roles of increasing responsibility, including Regional Underwriting Manager, Regional Executive, Home Office Casualty Executive, Executive Vice President and President/COO. He led the establishment and served as the Executive of a highly successful Property/Casualty Risk Management Division, responsible for large regional and national domestic U.S. and multinational clients.
His broad range of expertise was gained through continuous involvement over the course of his career in increasingly complex coverage and program designs for domestic and multinational business. Development and effective management of these business segments required effective multifunctional teamwork including underwriting, actuarial, financial, legal, reinsurance, claims management, risk engineering, and client services.
Gary'...
Stephen P. Harmon
Sanford , North Carolina
Construction, Insurance
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Xactimate software, Xactimate Certified, Building Consultant, Property Insurance Damage Report Review
Samuel L Kleinman, PhD F-ABFT TC-NRCC
Cincinnati, Ohio
Forensic Science, Laboratories & Testing
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impaired driving, sexual assault, drugs, alcohol, prescription medicine, overdose, DUI, DWI, OWI, accident, crash, toxicology, forensics, dram shop, testing, insurance, injury, workplace drug testing, retrograde extrapolation
Dr Samuel Kleinman is a double board certified forensic toxicologist; he is a Fellow of the American Board of Forensic Toxicology and a Toxicological Chemist certified by the National Registry of Certified Chemists. Dr Kleinman served as both the Deputy Bureau Chief and the Bureau Chief for the central forensic toxicology lab for the state of New Mexico. In this role he participated in more than 40 trials including state district court as well as federal court in New Mexico. He is an expert in laboratory accreditation and piloted the transition of the New Mexico lab towards ISO 17025 compliance.
Dr Kleinman has expertise in pharmacology, pharmacokinetics, impaired driving, sexual assault and blood alcohol interpretation. He offers consultation and education on interpreting laboratory results, chain of custody, workplace drug testing; and if appropriate, participates in depositions and trials. Dr Kleinman is based in Cincinnati, Ohio but consults nationwide.
Britta M Moss, CPCU, SCLA, AIC-M
P&C Claim Handling Standards-Bad Faith Litigation
Britta M. Moss
Delaware, Ohio
Insurance, Legal
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Property & Casualty Claims, Casualty Insurance, P&C Claims, Insurance Claims, Insurance Bad Faith, First, Third, Industry Standards, Common Practices, Insurance Coverage, Investigation, Insurer Defense, Personal Injury, commercial, personal, auto, homeowner, bodily injury, property damage, uninsured
Independent professional in Property & Casualty insurance industry standards and common practices for claim handling. Located in Ohio, but available nationwide. Qualified to testify at trial in both state and federal court.
Consultation services provided to law firms representing plaintiffs and insurer defendants involved in disputes or litigation regarding coverage analysis, investigation, liability determination, damage evaluation, negotiation, and settlement. Experienced expert witness in industry claim handling standards and common practices.
Thirty (30) years-experience as a property and casualty insurance industry professional with a wide variety of personal and commercial lines claims. Roles include front-line Claim Representative, Litigation Examiner, Supervisor, Trainer, Manager, and Consultant for claims involving auto damage, personal & commercial property damage (PD), bodily injury (BI), personal injury, property damage liability, premises liability, commercial ...
Neal Bordenave, JD, CPCU, RPLU, ARM, AIC
RiskPro Insurance Services, Inc.
Bend, Oregon
Insurance, Insurance
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Broker/Agent Standard of Care, Bad Faith, Insurance Industry Customs and Practices, Property & Casualty, Life, Annuities, Excess & Surplus, Managing General Agent, Health, Surety, Professional Liability, Underwriting, Claims Practices
More than 35 years experience in the insurance industry. President/CEO of RiskPro Insurance Services, Inc.,
Professor of Risk Management and Insurance at California State University Chico (Retired 2022)
Established Expert Witness Practice in 2009. As of January 2023, more than 400 retentions and testifying in Deposition, Trial and Arbitration more than 100 times.
Education includes Juris Doctor (JD), BS Business Administration/Finance.
Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU)
Registered Professional Liability Underwriter (RPLU)
Associate in Risk Management (ARM)
Associate in Claims (ARM)
Primary States for expert work include, California, Arizona, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Utah, Colorado and Texas
Kelly K Campbell, RN BSN CP CCM CNLCP CLCP
CARDINAL LIFECARE CONSULTING
Gibsonia, Pennsylvania
Life Care Planning, Legal Nurse Consulting
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Plaintiff, Defense, Insurance, Medical Bill Review, Medical Cost Projections, Medical Case Consultation, Case Management, Pittsburgh based with NATIONWIDE experience and service
Kelly K Campbell is a licensed Registered Nurse certified in Life Care Planning. She has 25 plus years experience with serious and catastrophic illness and injury. Her repeat client list includes: Plaintiff, Defense, Insurance and Workmen Comp Firms. Kelly has successfully prepared Life Care Plans - Mini/Preliminary Life Care Plans - Life Care Plan Rebuttals - Medical Bill Reviews. She has provided Expert Testimony and IME reports. Kelly's experience includes: Amputation, Birth Injuries, Burn, Cerebral Palsy, Chronic Pain, CRPS, Electrocution, Orthopedic Injuries- Poly Trauma, Spinal Cord Injury, Transplant, and Traumatic Brain Injury (mild and severe). Case Management service is also provided by CARDINAL LIFECARE CONSULTING.
Key Coleman, CPA, CFA, CPCU
Litigation Economic & Forensic Consulting Group LLC
Greater Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Insurance, Business Damages
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Economic Damages Expert Witness, General Business Damages, Accounting, Agent/Broker, Employment, Insurance Damages Expert Witness, Lost Profits, Reinsurance Damages, Underwriting, Claims, Force Placed, Managing General Agency MGA/TPA Exams, PEOs, Agent Errors & Omissions E&O, Commercial Disputes
Key Coleman is a damages expert, who works in a variety of industries. For more than 27 years, Key has focused his efforts on forensics, disputes, economic damages and expert testimony. Key's background is unusual in that he has a deep understanding of many of the functional areas that lead to disputes, including: sales, operations, accounting and finance.
One of Key's specialties is the analysis of damages in insurance or reinsurance disputes. He is one of the few experts nationwide who hold both the CPA and the CPCU designations.
Key serves clients nationwide from Greater Philadelphia, but spent the bulk of his career in Chicago where he held high level positions at Grant Thornton LLP and LECG/Smart in their disputes practice. Prior to that, he was a Partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, where for more than 11 years he performed forensic dispute analysis, damages analysis and investigative work. Prior to his consulting career, Key worked more than eight years for an insur...
Frank Seigel, CPCU
Insurance Agent/Broker Expert Witness
Ringwood Consulting Group, Inc.
Pennsylvania
Insurance, Risk Management
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Agent/Broker, Broker Duties, Agent/Broker Duties & Responsibilities, Agent/Company Relations, Bad Faith, Coverage, Errors & Omissions, E&O, Coverage Disputes, Excess/Surplus, Surplus Lines, Casualty, Property, Life, Health, Disability, Contractual Disputes, Arbitration, Mediation, Standards of Care
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
• Past President, New Jersey Chapter Society of CPCU
• Current and Past President, Independent Insurance Agents of Essex County, Inc.
• Past President, Surplus Lines Association of New Jersey, Inc. (NJSLA)
• Former Member, New Jersey Department of Insurance Committee Education
• Former Member, Grading Panel for the Insurance Institute of America
• Former Arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association.
• Panelist, ABA Conference on Banking and Insurance
• Attendee, New Jersey Conference on ECRA
• Guest Speaker and Presenter for various professional, academic, and civic groups including New Jersey Chapter CPCU, Independent Insurance Agents, Seton Hall University Continuing Education Department, National Association of Insurance Women (NAIW), Local Rotaries, and Insurance Service Office (ISO)
• NJ State Approved Volunteer Mediator for Municipal Court Matters
• Member, Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS)
• Member, National Association of Prof...
Richard A Shema, CCM
WeatherGuy.com, LLP
Lakeville, Pennsylvania
Meteorology, Maritime
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Weather reconstruction, forensic meteorology, weather, marine meteorology, maritime, admirality law, weather routing, ship accidents, boating accidents, consulting meteorologists, tropical cyclones, hurricanes, tropical meteorology, extreme waves, oceanography, waves, marine insurance, insurance
• Certified Consulting Meteorologist (CCM) by the American Meteorological
Society
• Over 30 years experience in meteorology and physical oceanography
• I am a U.S. Navy veteran with sea duty and therefore have firsthand
experience in the effects of weather on operations
• Past AMS board member that certifies CCM’s for technical knowledge,
communication skills, and ethics
• I provide quality testimony using the scientific method
• My testimony is clear, concise, and technically complicated subjects are
plainly described
• Sound communication skills describing complex atmospheric processes
are put into easily understandable words and presentations
• My written testimony is quality controlled and peer reviewed to produce
an error free report that stands up to scrutiny of cross examination
• I keep abreast of the latest scientific developments in meteorology and
physical oceanography by attending conferences, re...
Mark A Anderson, SCLA, AIC, AIM, AIS, CCI
Anderson Claim Consulting, LLC
Ninety Six, South Carolina
Insurance
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Bad Faith, Coverage, P&C Claims, Commercial Property Claims, Personal Property Claims, Best Practices, Exclusions, Denials, E&O Claims, Class Action, Extracontractual, Catastrophes, Hurricanes, Fraud, SIU, Subrogation, Commercial Auto Claims, P&C Operations
I began my career as an adjuster trainee and worked through every operating level within Claims. As VP of Property, Auto and Liability claims at Liberty Mutual for 36 years and AVP of Commercial Property, Auto and Agribusiness claims with Nationwide for 8 years, I was responsible for Claims operations nationwide. I partnered with defense, coverage and bad faith counsel in the review and oversight of coverage disputes and bad faith litigation.
Throughout my career, I have been responsible for the handling, management and leadership of PL and CL Property and Auto claims, field operations along with technical oversight, including the development and implementation of Claim Handling Guidelines "Best Practices".
I am extremely familiar with coverage interpretation, best claim practices, bad faith situations, limits, exclusions, claim procedures and building construction issues.
As a P&C Insurance claim consultant, I work for both plaintiffs and defendants. I am currently available as...
John Rober Ballinger, III, Mr.
Complex Insurance, Civil, Claims, Policy Form
Ballinger and Associates Risk Management Firm
Harrison, Tennessee
Insurance, Transportation
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Insurance Claims Mgmnt, Insurance Bad Faith, Aviation, Insurance Automotive, Insurance Policy Form, Compliance, Accident Investigation, Trial Strategy, Insurance Claims Handlling, Regulatory, Errors and Ommissions, Jury Selection Strategy, Insurance Contracts, Trucking, Risk Management, Voir Dire
John Ballinger, an insurance insider and risk mitigation expert, sees unsecured operational risk as the biggest blind spot for many of today’s most successful small to medium-sized companies. Mr. Ballinger is also a decorated veteran of the United States Army and holds over a dozen awards and certifications in aviation safety and risk management. As an expert witness, Mr. Ballinger has assisted with and/or testified in more than 50 court cases related to insurance liability matters.
With over 20 years of experience leading business owners through the complicated matrix of insurance coverage, Mr. Ballinger has saved organizations over $100 million in potential loss through risk analysis and mitigation. Working with clients in a variety of industries has allowed Mr. Ballinger to develop a deep understanding of ACA, EPA, DOL, IRS, OSHA, and DOT regulations. He routinely guides business owners through complex federal mandates and their impact on daily operations.
Mr. Ballinger is well...
Robert Hughes Associates, Inc.
Richardson, Texas
Insurance, Actuarial
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P&C, L&H, reinsurance, insurance agency standards, insurance underwriting, insurance archaeology, bad faith, actuarial, property & casualty insurance, life & health insurance, risk management, insurance broker standards
Robert Hughes Associates, established 1979, is a group of insurance experts with a wide range of experience and backgrounds -- former insurance company executives, agents, brokers, underwriters, Workers Compensation specialists, D&O and E&O expertise, risk managers, claims managers, adjusters, actuaries and captive management specialists.
Degrees include Masters and PhDs. Certifications include CPCU, RPLU, RF, ACE, ACAS, MAAA, CLU, CEBS, FCAS, SCLA, ChFC, RHU, LLIF, CRPS, FLMI, and CSSC.
Robert Hughes Associates is an internationally recognized insurance, risk management and actuarial consulting company, with membership in the Academy of Experts (London), Fellow of the Institute of Directors (London), and Tribunalized at Lloyd’s of London.
Gregory S. Arnold, JD, LL.M (Insurance Law)
Surety & Fidelity Claims Bad Faith Lexpert
Surety Lexpert Witness Services
Cedar Park, Texas
Insurance
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Surety, Claims, Fidelity, Bad Faith Claims, Standard of Care in the Insurance and Surety Industries, Extra-Contractual Damages, Punitive Damages, Financial Institution Bond
Licensed Property & Casualty Adjuster, Texas
Never had testimony or expert reports stricken.
Retained as a bad faith claims expert by attorneys for insurance companies, fidelity (including Crime Policies, Banker's Blanket Bonds, Financial Institution Bonds) and surety companies, owners or general contractors (obligees), contractors or subcontractors (principals); and indemnitors (those who guarantee the reimbursement of losses, costs, and expenses of surety companies, or to hold the surety harmless).
Michael F Arrigo
Medical billing, fraud, HIPAA privacy, FMV
No World Borders
Texas
Medical Billing, HIPAA
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Medical billing, Patents trade secrets, electronic medical records, Medicare fraud, medical billing fraud, qui tam false claims act fraud Usual Customary Reasonable (UCR), Meaningful Use Electronic Health Records, HITECH Act, Affordable Care Act, Medicare Advantage, Medicaid, insurance, CRPS, EMTALA
Writer, speaker, published peer-reviewed works as an expert in the field recent Federal court rulings as a qualified expert published in Westlaw
• US COURT OF APPEALS considered expert opinions, VACATED AND REMANDED
• Two DOJ retentions, $155 million settlement
• Healthcare IT patents intellectual property Technical Expert, Medicare Damages Expert
• Medical coding medical billing, claims, usual customary and reasonable charges in personal injury and medical malpractice cases, Lifecare plan rebuttal under ACA on the future cost of care, trauma
• Electronic medical record forensics / electronic health record forensics, E.H.R, practice management IT, medical, prescription charges, workman's compensation, insurance fraud
• genetic testing, novel genetic sequencing, esoteric testing, laboratory testing
• HIPAA Privacy, Security, Blockchain special studies MIT
• Affordable Care Act, HITECH Act, electronic medical records, meaningful use, patents, and intellectual property in heal Healt...
Allen W Griffin, GMB, CGR, CAPS, CGP
Construction Claims Experts
Houston, Texas
Construction, Construction Defects
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Real-world Hands-on Construction Experience, Building inspections, Construction, Construction Defects, Construction engineering, Construction accidents, Demolition, Disaster Recovery, Dispute Resolution, Construction document examination, Indoor air quality, Insurance, Construction investigations
Allen is a trusted resource for your, Insurance Claims - Construction Defects - Construction Contracts and Project claims. A Construction Expert Witness with Real-world Hands-on construction experience and 30 years of Construction Business Operations. Allen's business operations include: Gryphon Builders is a twenty-year-old company servicing the custom home building and high-end remodeling market in affluent areas of Houston. Gryphon Property Services was formed to facilitate the immediate upkeep, as well as anticipate and execute the long-term planning of maintenance needs of large townhome communities and apartment complexes. Viewpoint Designs is the internal company that services the Design/Build segment of Gryphon Builders. In 2016 we started servicing builders and remodelers in and around the Houston market. Areas of specialty knowledge; Home Building, Home Remodeling, Design/Build, Multi-family Buildings & Architectural Design services. Allen is easily understandable, yet hi...
Sajel Lala Kana, MD
Expert testimony on DNA analysis and genetics
Texas
Medical Genetics, Insurance
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Reinsurance, Managed care, Metabolism, Inborn errors of metabolism, Brittle bones, Non-accidental trauma, Osteogenesis imperfecta, Birth defects, Cancer genetics, Prenatal, Genomic Medicine Legal Expert, Genetic Counseling Legal Consultant, Medical Genetics Legal Advisor, DNA analysis legal expert
Dr. Sajel Lala Kana is a distinguished clinical geneticist with extensive expertise in genetics and pediatrics. She is board-certified in Pediatrics by the American Board of Pediatrics (ABP) and in Genetics by the American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ABMGG). With over eleven years of experience in academia and clinical practice, Dr. Kana has successfully led numerous research projects, contributed to high-impact publications, and presented her work at prestigious conferences. She is a Fellow of both the American College of Medical Genetics and the American Academy of Pediatrics. She also has a passion for biotechnology and has consulted with numerous start-ups and industry giants.
Current Roles:
Founder, NotBrands: Dr. Kana has developed a patent-pending supplement, Focused, using her deep subject matter expertise in metabolism. It is now commercially available for purchase (Instagram: @focusedsupp; Website: www.notbrands.com)
Clinical Geneticist, Pediatric Specialist...
Brad A LaPorte
Top Cybersecurity & Information Technology Expert
High Tide Advisors
Texas
Cybersecurity, Information Technology
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Fraud, Defamation, Analyst, Ransomware, Endpoint, network, cyber, insurance, penetration, testing, malware, computer, breach, managed, risk, vulnerability, crime, threat, attack, hack
Brad A. LaPorte is a cybersecurity and Information Technology consultant and currently serving as a founder of High Tide Advisors. He has over 20+ years of experience as a consultant in the cybersecurity industry spanning various industry segments.
Pior Cases:
Pior cases have involved high profile companies and persons such as Bungie the Video Gaming Division of Sony, SentinelOne, BlackBerry, Red Canary, and the Miami-Dade Mayor Candidate and Influencer Alexander Otaola. Topics have included intellectual property theft, wire fraud, real estate fraud, lack of adherence to cybersecurity best practices and regulations, conflicts of interest, malicious tampering and reverse engineering of software and hardware, interference with business relationships, defamation, and matters involving impersonation with malicious intent.
Career History and Expertise:
Prior to forming High Tide Advisors, he served as a top Gartner Research Analyst, including but not limited to the following spec...
Michael J Ogden, CGC, HCI
All Disaster Claims, Inc
San Antlnio, Texas
Construction, Insurance
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Appraisal, Appraiser, Umpire, Property Loss Cost, Property Loss Causation, Estimator, Fire, Mitigation, Windstorm, Residential, Hail, Commercial, Tornado, Multifamily, Roofing, IICRC, Restoration, Mold, Remediation, General Contractor
An OSHA and Haag Certified, State of Texas and Florida Licensed Public Adjuster and State of Florida Certified General Contractor with more than 22 years of experience directly related to the renovation and consulting of losses from disaster afflicted homes and businesses.
Haag Certified Roof Inspector, IICRC and BESI Certified General Contractor, Appraiser, Umpire, Estimator, Renovator, Remediator and Expert Witness / Consultant.
State of Florida Certified (Licensed) General Contractor CGC1509420 BESI Certified Defective Drywall Remediator (CDDR)
BESI Certified Defective Drywall Consultant (CDDC)
NuAire Windows and Doors Certified Installer
Dryvit E.I.F.S. Certified Installer
IICRC Certified Water Restoration Technician (WRT) IICRC Certified Advanced Structural Drying (ASD) State of Texas Licensed Public Adjuster TDI#1840149 State of Florida Licensed Public Adjuster
Haag Certified Roof Inspector
OSHA 10 Certified
Matthew Furlong, CBC, RBC
Construction and Building Code Compliance Expert
Först Consulting Group
Middleburg, Virginia
Construction Defects, Construction
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Forensic investigation, building pathology, failure analysis, technical reporting, construction claims, litigation support, insurance, building code, EIFs, stucco, building envelope, facades, rainscreen, infrared, moisture, structural capability, energy conservation, contract analysis
Mr. Matthew Furlong specializes in construction defect and failure analysis, forensic engineering, scientific investigations, technical report writing and expert witness testimony for construction claims and litigation matters. Mr. Furlong has 21 years of experience with construction, project coordination and design, remodeling, and field inspections of building systems for residential, and commercial low and high-rise properties. He has successfully completed more than 600 unique and custom projects while as a general contractor.
His builder background experience ranges from high-end new custom home construction, interior renovations and additions, to green building and energy efficient homes, historical renovations, timber-framing, and creating elaborate custom interiors in prestigious estate-sized homes. This experience gives Mr. Furlong the unique qualifications to testify as an expert in construction matters. As a professional consultant, Mr. Furlong provides services in the ...
Michael F Arrigo
Medical billing, fraud, HIPAA privacy, FMV
No World Borders
Washington
Medical Billing, HIPAA
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Medical billing, Patents trade secrets, electronic medical records, Medicare fraud, medical billing fraud, qui tam false claims act fraud Usual Customary Reasonable (UCR), Meaningful Use Electronic Health Records, HITECH Act, Affordable Care Act, Medicare Advantage, Medicaid, insurance, CRPS, EMTALA
Writer, speaker, published peer-reviewed works as an expert in the field recent Federal court rulings as a qualified expert published in Westlaw
• US COURT OF APPEALS considered expert opinions, VACATED AND REMANDED
• Two DOJ retentions, $155 million settlement
• Healthcare IT patents intellectual property Technical Expert, Medicare Damages Expert
• Medical coding medical billing, claims, usual customary and reasonable charges in personal injury and medical malpractice cases, Lifecare plan rebuttal under ACA on the future cost of care, trauma
• Electronic medical record forensics / electronic health record forensics, E.H.R, practice management IT, medical, prescription charges, workman's compensation, insurance fraud
• genetic testing, novel genetic sequencing, esoteric testing, laboratory testing
• HIPAA Privacy, Security, Blockchain special studies MIT
• Affordable Care Act, HITECH Act, electronic medical records, meaningful use, patents, and intellectual property in heal Healt...
David R. Mitchell, CPCU, CIC, MBA, MA.HR, SPHR, SHRM-SCP
Insurance Standard of Care Expert
Ideal Insurance Agency
Washington
Insurance
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insurance standard of care, insurance coverage, insurance bad faith, workers compensation, human resources, property and casualty insurance, life insurance, disability insurance, long term care insurance, cyber insurance, auto insurance, home insurance, business insurance
David Mitchell (“David”) has held an Arizona Property and Casualty License since 1980 and Life and Health license since 1988. He has held the Certified Insurance Counselor (hereinafter “CIC”) for over thirty years. David has attended over five hundred hours of classroom instruction with CIC primarily involving insurance policies.
In addition, David completed his Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (“CPCU”) in 2022. The CPCU designation consists of eight parts and in the opinion of many as the highest professional property/casualty designation in the insurance industry. David holds a bachelor's in business management, a master's degree in business administration (MBA) and a master's degree in human resources.
David has been an owner and insurance producer for over 40 years and teaches insurance producers in continuing education.
David has consulted on over 65 cases as an insurance consultant and/or expert witness. The cases have primarily involved standard of care and covera...
Daniel R Robles, PE, MBA
Plumbing, Mechanical Systems, Standard of Care
Community Engineering Services, PLLC
EDMONDS, Washington
Mechanical Engineering, Real Estate
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plumbing, pipe, re-pipe, leaks, smart contract adjudication, Inspection, construction, water damage, feasibility, epoxy liner, CPVC, Aquatherm, PEX, Galvanized, copper, risk assessment, machinery, insurance, defect, blockchain
Thirty-five years of comprehensive engineering, project delivery, and business analysis responsibilities. Currently providing independent expert witness services representing both plaintiffs and defendants at the intersection of mechanical failure, business practices, and standard of care. Specific areas of practice include plumbing systems, drain, waste, vent, and domestic supply as well as water system failures, water intrusion, building maintenance, corrosion, and mechanical systems. Serving the legal, insurance, and financial industries as well as private, municipal, and institutional clients.
Licensed mechanical engineer experienced in aerospace, building sciences, and new technology platforms. Business founder, owner, and educator with strong speaking, authorship, and management skills. Noted researcher in engineering, finance, insurance, and technology fields. International engineering, project management and front-line team leadership. Customer service experience relat...
David Princeton, CPCU, AMIM, AIC, JD
Muskego, Wisconsin
Insurance
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Good Faith, Bad Faith, Practices, Claim, Adjuster, Commercial, Insurance, Residential, ISO, Construction, defect, broker, agent, coverage, HO3, damage, property, settlement, unfair, casualty
David Princeton is a distinguished insurance professional with a career spanning several facets of the industry. His 20-year career includes pivotal roles at National Insurance Carriers, A Top 50 Broker, and in Private Equity. Currently the Principal Consultant of Advocate Risk Network Inc., David provides professional guidance to corporations and prominent individuals in both the risk management and claims disciplines. Additionally, David consults with insurance companies, provides expert witness testimony, is an author, a speaker, and holds multiple insurance designations and licenses.
CPCU - Charter Property Casualty Underwriter
AMIM- Associates in Marine Insurance Management
AIC - Associates in Claims
CSRP - Certified Subrogation Recovery Professional
Obtained his Juris Doctorate in January 2024
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